RE: Morality
January 22, 2019 at 7:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2019 at 7:44 pm by Acrobat.)
(January 22, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 22, 2019 at 6:24 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Do you subscribe to moral realism?
I ascribe to evolution. Not old mythology.
Evolution produces BOTH cruelty and compassion. I chose non violence and empathy beyond that.
You subscribe to old mythology, but that is your baggage, not mine.
Evolution is not a moral view.
Are you a moral realist, moral subjectivist, a moral relativist, a moral nihilist, etc...?
Or are you just confused, and don’t know really where your views on morality stand?
(January 22, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote:(January 22, 2019 at 5:55 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Is there an external reality called the Good, that places moral obligations on us, tells us how we ought to behaveWhy would it need to contain aims or purposes? We supply those handily.
In order for morality to be objective, it’s requires a reality independent of ourselves, that contains moral values, and moral aims and purposes. Not some cold disinterested reality, but one that’s concerned about our moral lives.
Ah my suspicions that your just a confused relativist, appears to be true.
So it’s not the moral facts and values, that exist independently of “we” that reveal moral aims? But “we” do? So moral aims are a human construct?
If moral values and facts exist independently of us, then they define our moral aims, not us. If you disagree you should rethink your supposed moral realism.
Quote:Why would it need to be interested? We're interested enough. -How- could it be interested? Concerned? These are human attributes. Anthropomorphization of the cosmos. A god.
If a rock was telling me that I ought to do good, wouldn’t it be safe to say it’s interested in my moral life? If there’s a reality external to us human beings, in which moral facts and values exist, revealing that we should live good lives, as moral realism suggests, wouldn’t you say it’s interested in my moral life?
Quote:Are we discussing objective moralities..or gods?
The rock telling me I ought to do good, sounds like a little god doesn’t it?