RE: Subjective Morality?
November 8, 2018 at 7:29 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2018 at 7:32 pm by DLJ.)
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: It's not.I'm wasn't arguing for my position...so..okay? I'm trying to get people familiar with the terms and the divisions of these positions, lol
Morality is an evolved system (a value stream). Evolution cares not one iota about 'truth'. Morality is all about utility and warranty.
Benny is much much closer to the mark...
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Oh, I see. In that I take it you are referring to Vulcan's diagram in post #152.
I have yet to decide whether that first question (regarding belief) is the best place to start.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: I'll ask again:Now, into the weeds.
What is the definition of 'baseward'? (I've never come across that term before).
Please give an example of a 'moral fact'.
Baseward is just cracker archea for something pointed at the bottom of something else.
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"cracker archea"? What? White non-slave-owning single-celled microorganisms?
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: So, while we're about it, could you please provide definitions for:Things we hold to be true.
- beliefs
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And are these 'things' held to be true unthinkingly/intuitively/subconsciously/non-cognitively or thinkingly/tuitively/consciously/cognitively?
Or both?
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: - states of beliefThe act of holding something to be true.
A state is an action?
Doesn't it make more sense to think of 'status' i.e. one/zero or t/f?
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: - moral-a descriptor, it denotes things with a moral component.
Let's test that one:
"The moral of the story is..." >
"The descriptor denoting a thing with a moral component of the story is..."
Oh wait, we still have "a moral" in there, so let's keep going:
"The descriptor denoting a thing with descriptor denoting a thing with a moral component component of the story is..." >
"The descriptor denoting a thing with descriptor denoting a thing with descriptor denoting a thing with a moral component component component of the story is..." >
Anyway, a 'descriptor' implies, indeed requires, 'cognition' which means that you have excluded the non-cognitive components by definition.
I think we can do better than that. We need a definition without the bias.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: - moral propositionan expression of one's moral positions.
So if the processing of a moral (not the descriptor but the event) requires expression... can one express without cognition? Yes, if "Yuck" can be an example of an expression of one's moral position.
But "Yuck" doesn't strike me as a valid example of a proposition.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: - ethical/ethicsinterchangeable with morality to meta ethicists.
In which case, meta-ethicists should read some Best Practice manuals. Having two words for one thing is amateurish.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: - ethical propositioninterchangeable with moral proposition to meta ethicists.
See above.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 8, 2018 at 3:59 pm)DLJ Wrote: ...They can be either. This is wrong and this is wrong because are both moral propositions. One refers to the input from which the conclusion is derived, the other does not. In the most clinical sense..they would be outputs, as your statement (or idea) about the the thing is not the thing itself. Just a description of what you see.
Are these propositions system-inputs or system-outputs?
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I concur ... for 'ethical propositions'. I do not think that moral propositions exist... a moral does not require cognition but a proposition does.
(November 8, 2018 at 5:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote: ...
I do expect, btw, to see some progress from someone, after all these questions and answers. If it's just stonewalling bullshit...well.....Imma start cracking dick jokes real quick -and stop wasting my time explaining these positions to folks who are uninterested in their own positions and those positions implications..much less anyone elses.
In that case I'll ask no more questions. I am not interested in the positions. I'm just trying to determine where the meta-ethicists have gone wrong.
Cheers.
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)