RE: An Argument For Ethical Egoism
June 18, 2019 at 8:59 am
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2019 at 9:10 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The truth of premises 1,2, and 3 could not establish that ethical egoism is true - it could only establish that insomuch as there might be realist obligations in the selfless set (p1), we are incapable of fulfilling them(p1,p2), and thus not morally culpable for a practical failure in that event regardless of whether or not we have an obligation to attempt. (p1,p2,p3)
In plain language, while we might have an obligation to make something so, we don't hold people accountable for the difference between what should be and what they can do.
It could be a solid argument for desert modification, and the underlying rationale for our intuitions about people who do their best, fail as a practical matter of fact due to a limitation of ability - but are still seen as moral exemplars*, even if it doesn't demonstrate the truth of a metaethical position as contended.
*and vv, that a practical success due to great ability can still be a moral failure.
In plain language, while we might have an obligation to make something so, we don't hold people accountable for the difference between what should be and what they can do.
It could be a solid argument for desert modification, and the underlying rationale for our intuitions about people who do their best, fail as a practical matter of fact due to a limitation of ability - but are still seen as moral exemplars*, even if it doesn't demonstrate the truth of a metaethical position as contended.
*and vv, that a practical success due to great ability can still be a moral failure.
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