(August 26, 2019 at 2:27 pm)Acrobat Wrote:(August 26, 2019 at 2:21 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Once again, conflating "oughts" with "ises".
That doesn’t answer the question.
So do you acknowledge the ought here as a subjective opinion, and not an objective truth?
No.
If the goal is well being, then there are objective moral actions (based on the objective laws of the universe) that will increase, have no effect, or decrease well being.
Take chess for example. The rules are arbitrary, but once the goal is decided on (winning the game), there are objective truths about the best moves to make, that will lead to that goal
Quote:If I reject it, it wouldn’t be a rejection of some objective truth, but just your opinion on how you wish I behave, or act in accordance to?
It is not opinion.
Is it simply my opinion that, with respect to the goal of well being, life is preferable to death?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
