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[Serious] An Argument Against Hedonistic Moral Realism
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RE: An Argument Against Hedonistic Moral Realism
June 14, 2019 at 12:38 pm (This post was last modified: June 14, 2019 at 12:53 pm by SenseMaker007.)
(June 14, 2019 at 12:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Quote:Moral realism as a whole is only true if the foundation of moral values is something mind-independent.

It is not immediately obvious that this is the case.

Boru

Correct! The second premise in the argument is unsound. Moral realism is true if the foundation of values is something that is true independent of human opinion ... not independent of human minds altogether. There are truths about our minds that are true independent of our opinion of the matter. I'm sure that it's true that your mind didn't spend the last 15 minutes imagining Adolf Hitler bounce around on a space hopper while eating Marmite on toast. And I'm sure that that truth about your mind doesn't depend on what people's opinions are.

P.S. This a serious thread, but that doesn't mean I can't use an amusing analogy so long as the amusing analogy makes a serious point.
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