RE: Subjective Morality?
November 15, 2018 at 9:53 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2018 at 9:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Indeed, it's always been the case that we might have compelling practical reasons to do some thing, even if it's a bad thing. That the thing is a practical course of action is entirely uninformative with respect to it's moral status, or the ontological status of morality.
To combine this with one of Benny's pet subjects - it's entirely practical for us to hit cattle over the head like it's our job and engage in "bovine rape" (in fact, both things are someone's job) - this doesn't even approach the question of whether or not is is right or wrong, good or bad, virtuous or evil.
(I really can't recommend The Geometry of Desert enough when it comes to explaining the field of play as far as how any moral system deals with this state of affairs.)
To combine this with one of Benny's pet subjects - it's entirely practical for us to hit cattle over the head like it's our job and engage in "bovine rape" (in fact, both things are someone's job) - this doesn't even approach the question of whether or not is is right or wrong, good or bad, virtuous or evil.
(I really can't recommend The Geometry of Desert enough when it comes to explaining the field of play as far as how any moral system deals with this state of affairs.)
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