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What is next for the United States?
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RE: What is next for the United States?
(May 14, 2019 at 11:40 pm)CDF47 Wrote: Murdering babies in the womb is sickening.

I have an objection to using the word "sickening" as a replacement for "morally wrong." Morality is not based on what makes us feel ill or not. It is based on what is interpersonally destructive. I like to eat peanut butter, banana, and mayonnaise sandwiches. Some people may find that sickening. But by no means is it morally wrong.

 If you think there is an equal sign between what is "sickening" and what is "morally wrong"... there is a word for that- nihilism. Or more precisely, "nihilistic expressivism."

Quote:In meta-ethics, expressivism is a theory about the meaning of moral language. According to expressivism, sentences that employ moral terms – for example, "It is wrong to torture an innocent human being" – are not descriptive or fact-stating; moral terms such as "wrong", "good", or "just" do not refer to real, in-the-world properties. The primary function of moral sentences, according to expressivism, is not to assert any matter of fact, but rather to express an evaluative attitude toward an object of evaluation.[1] Because the function of moral language is non-descriptive, moral sentences do not have any truth conditions. Hence, expressivists either do not allow that moral sentences have truth value, or rely on a notion of truth that does not appeal to any descriptive truth conditions being met for moral sentences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressivism

If you think there is any truth value to the statement, "Murdering babies in the womb is wrong," be careful not to confuse that with how it personally makes you feel.
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What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 14, 2019 at 11:12 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 14, 2019 at 11:35 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 14, 2019 at 11:51 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by viocjit - May 27, 2019 at 3:48 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 14, 2019 at 11:33 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 14, 2019 at 11:40 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 14, 2019 at 11:47 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 14, 2019 at 11:50 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 14, 2019 at 11:53 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 14, 2019 at 11:48 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 14, 2019 at 11:49 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 15, 2019 at 12:02 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by vulcanlogician - May 15, 2019 at 12:06 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 15, 2019 at 12:15 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Alan V - May 15, 2019 at 7:23 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 15, 2019 at 8:41 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Alan V - May 15, 2019 at 11:40 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 16, 2019 at 9:12 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Alan V - May 17, 2019 at 10:45 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by GUBU - May 15, 2019 at 4:42 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Amarok - May 15, 2019 at 4:44 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 14, 2019 at 11:51 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 15, 2019 at 12:12 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 15, 2019 at 12:18 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 15, 2019 at 12:22 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 15, 2019 at 12:35 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Aegon - May 15, 2019 at 9:40 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2019 at 8:12 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by GUBU - May 16, 2019 at 2:28 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by GUBU - May 15, 2019 at 5:17 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Figbash - May 15, 2019 at 8:28 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by brewer - May 15, 2019 at 9:33 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 15, 2019 at 1:39 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Divinity - May 15, 2019 at 9:48 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 15, 2019 at 11:32 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Fireball - May 16, 2019 at 12:05 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 15, 2019 at 8:13 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Rev. Rye - May 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Nakara - May 15, 2019 at 10:05 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Rev. Rye - May 15, 2019 at 10:20 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 15, 2019 at 11:13 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Amarok - May 15, 2019 at 11:43 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by GODZILLA - May 16, 2019 at 3:37 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 16, 2019 at 3:40 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by no one - May 16, 2019 at 9:28 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Figbash - May 16, 2019 at 9:58 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Brian37 - May 16, 2019 at 10:04 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 16, 2019 at 10:03 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by CDF47 - May 16, 2019 at 2:23 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Aegon - May 16, 2019 at 10:14 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by brewer - May 16, 2019 at 10:28 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Fireball - May 16, 2019 at 7:03 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by brewer - May 16, 2019 at 8:48 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 16, 2019 at 11:06 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by viocjit - May 16, 2019 at 5:03 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by EgoDeath - May 16, 2019 at 10:07 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 17, 2019 at 12:18 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Losty - May 17, 2019 at 12:16 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Angrboda - May 18, 2019 at 10:27 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Foxaèr - May 17, 2019 at 12:19 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Amarok - May 20, 2019 at 3:08 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Figbash - May 17, 2019 at 10:52 am
RE: What is next for the United States? - by chimp3 - May 19, 2019 at 8:02 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by viocjit - May 23, 2019 at 1:44 pm
RE: What is next for the United States? - by Mermaid - May 27, 2019 at 4:42 pm

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