RE: What would be the harm?
December 1, 2018 at 11:41 am
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2018 at 11:42 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Teleology is meaningfully subjective. This simply isn't the problem for moral objectivity that you think it is, is all. The answer to the whole foundations of sand question is that moral objectivity cannot be, and in point of fact is not grounded on any teleology.
Valid normative realist ethics proceed with teleology -after- having proposed a valid basis for moral objectivity. Not before. They have their arguments as to why you should be compelled..but, ultimately, not everyone will be and there's not much we can do about that. This is why, for example, Harris..as a consequentialist, always begins with his "the worst possible suffering for the most possible creatures, if bad means anything, is bad" bit. He proposes wellbeing as a goal insomuch as the goal of wellbeing would..ostensibly, prevent or reduce -that-.
Valid normative realist ethics proceed with teleology -after- having proposed a valid basis for moral objectivity. Not before. They have their arguments as to why you should be compelled..but, ultimately, not everyone will be and there's not much we can do about that. This is why, for example, Harris..as a consequentialist, always begins with his "the worst possible suffering for the most possible creatures, if bad means anything, is bad" bit. He proposes wellbeing as a goal insomuch as the goal of wellbeing would..ostensibly, prevent or reduce -that-.
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