(November 1, 2018 at 6:31 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(November 1, 2018 at 6:23 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Maybe the feelings we have about certain acts are a result of our cognitions regarding these acts, not the cause.
I think about a lot of things. I don't have feelings about math problems, for the most part. However, I can say that there's no case in which I form an idea about "should" which does not involve feelings, either current, or past, or as inferred from others.
Thinking isn't feeling. That they are connected is apparent enough, but thinking alone isn't the basis of moral positions, so far as I can tell. I'd argue that all motivated behavior, which is automatically implied by "ought," requires some kind of emotion to serve as the motivator.
Well, let me speculate even further. Perhaps there's something about our thinking regarding the "oughtness" of these moral acts that triggers us to feel strongly about these acts, as a way to reinforce that thinking.