[Serious] Ethics

[Belacqua]

That thi sis a goal is a matter of opinion (admittedly a common one).

Here -- as always -- your view is shaped by your conviction that only science gives knowledge. It's the way you define what a fact is that rules out ethical facts.

It might be worthwhile considering that either other kinds of facts (non-scientific ones) are possible, or that some of what you call opinion has a force that is fully as strong as a scientific fact.

"It is bad to chop the arms off of healthy babies for fun" is, if not a fact, every bit as strong as one. To deny it is more insane than denying that the earth is round.