RE: Subjective Morality?
October 26, 2018 at 8:49 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2018 at 8:54 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We're not quite that far up the tree...but, a realist can answer yes to either.
We did, -any- yes works to move into cognitivism. So, what do you think, we agree that moral statements express beliefs..we're both cognitivists....but do you think that those beliefs are sometimes true, or do you think that (for whatever reason or no reason) they are always wrong.
(I don't think we've run across a non-cog yet, isn't that something?)
(October 26, 2018 at 6:26 pm)DLJ Wrote:(October 26, 2018 at 3:38 pm)Dr H Wrote: Objectively speaking, I find this thread very subjective.
Objection noted.
(October 26, 2018 at 1:51 pm)Khemikal Wrote: It's a blisteringly simple question. Do you think that when you say "x is wrong" you are expressing a state of belief wherein you take the proposition "x is wrong" to be true?
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Ah, OK. Thanks for simplifying. Now the answer is blisteringly obvious...
Yes and no.
I'm glad we've finally got that sorted out.
We did, -any- yes works to move into cognitivism. So, what do you think, we agree that moral statements express beliefs..we're both cognitivists....but do you think that those beliefs are sometimes true, or do you think that (for whatever reason or no reason) they are always wrong.
(I don't think we've run across a non-cog yet, isn't that something?)
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