RE: How to easily defeat any argument for God
August 13, 2019 at 9:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2019 at 9:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You don’t think that science can study whether or not hurting people is good for society? Or whether we desire something? Irrelevant really, just wondering why you picked these two things to focus your throw-away “science can’t x” comments on.
The desirability of well-being actually doesn’t have to be a fact for well being based moralities to be realist. A person may not desire wellbeing at all, but that won’t change what does and doesn’t promote wellbeing.
Sure, people can give you reasons. That rational self interest and blind construction would lead you to their moral propositions, for example. But...ultimately, your desires ( or lack thereof) are your own and no issue whatsoever for realism.
Realism states only that some fact of a matter is the point of reference for moral propositions. Not that you have to give a shit.
The desirability of well-being actually doesn’t have to be a fact for well being based moralities to be realist. A person may not desire wellbeing at all, but that won’t change what does and doesn’t promote wellbeing.
Sure, people can give you reasons. That rational self interest and blind construction would lead you to their moral propositions, for example. But...ultimately, your desires ( or lack thereof) are your own and no issue whatsoever for realism.
Realism states only that some fact of a matter is the point of reference for moral propositions. Not that you have to give a shit.
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