RE: Subjective Morality?
October 25, 2018 at 7:16 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2018 at 7:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Too broad to be useful to what? It's not as if, if somebody asked you about your moral judgements..you'd draw a blank.
If you have opinions about moral judgements you have an idea what moral judgements are. You have opinions about moral judgements, therefore the term is useful enough at least for that, and no objection to the term is cogent. Hell, that you think it's a broad definition immediately betrays the fact that you are aware of alot of things that fit that bill.
Does defining each word individually make some difference, or does it reaffirm the compound definition?
Try this, give me any personally held moral judgement you like. Dont worry yourself about its epistemic or ontological status, for now. Tell me something that you think is wrong, or right.
If you have opinions about moral judgements you have an idea what moral judgements are. You have opinions about moral judgements, therefore the term is useful enough at least for that, and no objection to the term is cogent. Hell, that you think it's a broad definition immediately betrays the fact that you are aware of alot of things that fit that bill.
Does defining each word individually make some difference, or does it reaffirm the compound definition?
Quote:mor·al
/ˈmôrəl/Submit
adjective
1.
concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.
"the moral dimensions of medical intervention"
synonyms: virtuous, good, righteous, upright, upstanding, high-minded, principled, honorable, honest, just, noble, incorruptible, scrupulous, respectable, decent, clean-living, law-abiding
"a moral man"
2.
holding or manifesting high principles for proper conduct.
"he prides himself on being a highly moral and ethical person"
noun
1.
a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.
"the moral of this story was that one must see the beauty in what one has"
synonyms: lesson, message, meaning, significance, signification, import, point, teaching
"the moral of the story"
2.
a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
"the corruption of public morals"
Quote:judg·ment
/ˈjəjmənt/Submit
noun
noun: judgement
1.
the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
"an error of judgment"
synonyms: discernment, acumen, shrewdness, astuteness, sense, common sense, perception, perspicacity, percipience, acuity, discrimination, reckoning, wisdom, wit, judiciousness, prudence, canniness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, powers of reasoning, reason, logic; More
2.
a misfortune or calamity viewed as a divine punishment.
"the crash had been a judgment on the parents for wickedness"
Try this, give me any personally held moral judgement you like. Dont worry yourself about its epistemic or ontological status, for now. Tell me something that you think is wrong, or right.
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