(August 13, 2019 at 11:22 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(August 13, 2019 at 11:02 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Reasonable ... Plausible ...
I'm not sure proof is the right word here anyway, and even so why do we always need that anyway?
It's reasonable to say promoting well-being is good. It's also reasonable to say that it's a good goal to strive for.
The majority of people can even disagree with this, and it would still be reasonable.
"Reasonable" seems like a fair word to me.
But that's certainly not the same as "factual" or "self-evident."
Should we back off a little, and say "in my opinion wellbeing is a reasonable goal, although I have no way of proving this"?
It's a goal. Of course I have no way to prove it in the same way I have no way to prove that passing the exams is a reasonable goal. If I want to receive that uni degree, I ought to pass the exam. It's not a matter of proof or disproof.
That's the ought bit.
The is bit: Harm is bad. Sounds reasonable to me. Can I prove it? Not in the strong sense, but it seems almost tautological.
