RE: Subjective Morality?
October 22, 2018 at 6:50 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2018 at 7:06 am by The Grand Nudger.)
He is. We -all- do. For all of our academic comments on the merits of this or that moral system, we live our lives and have internal experiences consistent with a commitment to moral realism. We think the things we think are bad or good are really bad or good for reasons, reasons which we can demonstrate, and which are true.
In this, moral realists note that a moral observation is entirely like any other purported observation of fact. We would need a reason to treat them differently from other facts, rationally. Its not clear that there is one.
Here's a fun question. Can anyone tell me whats wrong (if anything) with the following moral proposition?
It is bad to bury your neighbors dog alive because vanilla icecream is the best.
In this, moral realists note that a moral observation is entirely like any other purported observation of fact. We would need a reason to treat them differently from other facts, rationally. Its not clear that there is one.
Here's a fun question. Can anyone tell me whats wrong (if anything) with the following moral proposition?
It is bad to bury your neighbors dog alive because vanilla icecream is the best.
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