RE: Subjective Morality?
October 30, 2018 at 1:49 pm
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2018 at 1:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@DLJ
Moral facts are "a thing" in all four positions. The differences between them boil down to what a person thinks about those facts. Whether we can get them right (skepticism/error theory), whether they are mind independent (objectivism/subjectivism), whether they are natural (non naturalism/cornell realism).
That there are moral facts is established below the divisions between these...from a cognitivist assertion. At that fundamental level we're asked if we think that moral propositions aim at truth. If we think that they do, the differences between us can only be which facts we think they aim at, and how well we hit them.
Understanding these divisions and common assumptions -across- divisions will allow you to identify the entire set of potential moral facts for any given position, an exhaustive and exclusive description of the full category........you won't have to be sold on anything, or by anyone...but yourself. Ultimately, every position has a valid comment to make on the subject.
This does, ofc, require that you make the attempt.
You were given an example of a moral fact from cornell realism. Can you think of other facts like that (or why it's not a fact)? You were given an example of a moral fact from subjectivism. Can you think of other facts like that (or why it's not a fact)? Do you have concerns regarding our agency or ability to get the facts right? Do you think that the facts are non natural?
Moral facts are "a thing" in all four positions. The differences between them boil down to what a person thinks about those facts. Whether we can get them right (skepticism/error theory), whether they are mind independent (objectivism/subjectivism), whether they are natural (non naturalism/cornell realism).
That there are moral facts is established below the divisions between these...from a cognitivist assertion. At that fundamental level we're asked if we think that moral propositions aim at truth. If we think that they do, the differences between us can only be which facts we think they aim at, and how well we hit them.
Understanding these divisions and common assumptions -across- divisions will allow you to identify the entire set of potential moral facts for any given position, an exhaustive and exclusive description of the full category........you won't have to be sold on anything, or by anyone...but yourself. Ultimately, every position has a valid comment to make on the subject.
This does, ofc, require that you make the attempt.
You were given an example of a moral fact from cornell realism. Can you think of other facts like that (or why it's not a fact)? You were given an example of a moral fact from subjectivism. Can you think of other facts like that (or why it's not a fact)? Do you have concerns regarding our agency or ability to get the facts right? Do you think that the facts are non natural?
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