RE: Moral Oughts
August 4, 2019 at 11:36 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2019 at 11:41 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Continuing, cognitivism is the notion that moral statements are fact-like. That they represent ( or allegedly represent) objectively true things. Realism and subjectivism ( and the natural and non natural varieties of either) are all equally cognitivist positions.
The difference between subjectivism and realism is not that one possesses objectively true statements and the other doesn’t...but what those objectively true statements refer to.
That I think so and so pizza, for example, is the best kind of pizza is an objectively true fact about my subjective state. Whether it’s a natural or non natural fact depends on how I view the nature of my subjective states.
The difference between subjectivism and realism is not that one possesses objectively true statements and the other doesn’t...but what those objectively true statements refer to.
That I think so and so pizza, for example, is the best kind of pizza is an objectively true fact about my subjective state. Whether it’s a natural or non natural fact depends on how I view the nature of my subjective states.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
