RE: Is Moral Nihilism a Morality?
June 12, 2019 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2019 at 6:29 pm by SenseMaker007.)
I don't usually disagree with philosophical classifications. Only on occasion.
I'm quibbling over the meaning of what nihilism in general fundamentally involves, basically. And depending on what nihilism in general fundamentally involves I think it changes what does and does not qualify as a subcategory of nihilism.
it's 99% a good flow chart. I'll go through it myself now.
Do moral judgments express beliefs?
Yes.
Are those beliefs sometimes true?
Yes.
Are those beliefs about facts that are constituted by something other than human opinion?
Yes.
Are those facts natural facts?
Yes. (What would be a "non-natural" fact?).
Are moral facts reducible to other natural facts?
Yes, (because literally everything is natural).
Are there surface-level analytic connections between moral predicates and naturalistic predicates?
What's a surface level analytic connection and how does it differ from a non-surface level analytic connection?
And if I've already said yes to whether moral predicates are naturalistic then how does a follow-up question asking how I connect the two together make any sense if I've already said that morals aren't in a separate realm of existence and are just another part of the natural world?
I can't make sense of the last question in the flow chart ... but other than that it's good.
I'm quibbling over the meaning of what nihilism in general fundamentally involves, basically. And depending on what nihilism in general fundamentally involves I think it changes what does and does not qualify as a subcategory of nihilism.
it's 99% a good flow chart. I'll go through it myself now.
Do moral judgments express beliefs?
Yes.
Are those beliefs sometimes true?
Yes.
Are those beliefs about facts that are constituted by something other than human opinion?
Yes.
Are those facts natural facts?
Yes. (What would be a "non-natural" fact?).
Are moral facts reducible to other natural facts?
Yes, (because literally everything is natural).
Are there surface-level analytic connections between moral predicates and naturalistic predicates?
What's a surface level analytic connection and how does it differ from a non-surface level analytic connection?
And if I've already said yes to whether moral predicates are naturalistic then how does a follow-up question asking how I connect the two together make any sense if I've already said that morals aren't in a separate realm of existence and are just another part of the natural world?
I can't make sense of the last question in the flow chart ... but other than that it's good.