RE: Subjective Morality?
November 8, 2018 at 10:22 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2018 at 10:23 am by DLJ.)
(November 8, 2018 at 9:39 am)Khemikal Wrote: That's the rub, no..there isn't. The very minute that a person refers to our opinions or ideas they have firmly come down on the side of cognitivism. If they think that at least some of our moral propositions refer to opinions that we hold, then they are describing -themselves- as cognitivists...and because of this, any non cognitivist objections are rendered inconsistent and made either in ignorance or bad faith.
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OK. So, I'm beginning to understand that you see this as 'sides'. And that 'moral facts' are dogma that one can only accept once one has subconsciously chosen a side (deduced from post #263). Is there a group name for these sides (e.g. sect, cult, religion, tribe, team, position, school, whatever)?
And what is the tribal name (team name / side etc.) for one who holds that morality is both cognitive and non-cognitive?
(November 8, 2018 at 9:39 am)Khemikal Wrote: ...
It is completely impossible to resolve some question set up from a cognitivist position -between- two cognitivist positions when a person will simply abandon their prior commitment to cognitivism if they get the response they sought but it doesn't bear out the conclusions they had arrived at beforehand. That sort of nonsense is the moral philosophy version of a ranting shitpost, and, academically, it's not moving the goalposts so much as picking up the goalposts, putting them in the back of your truck...and running your truck off a cliff out of spite and frustration. Knocking over a pile of blocks because it was demonstrated to you that they were..in fact, blocks, lol.
I ran that through Google Translate and it said "I dunno either"
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The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)