Realist moral statements often take the form of a transitive argument. If a is equal to b, and b is equal to c, then a is equal to c. I already covered this, but again and breifly -
if mountaintop removal mining is harmful
and what is harmful is what is bad
then mountaintop removal mining is bad
Thus, the hypothetical realist moral statement is coherent - though, as I also already discussed, that's a pretty low bar. For a moral statement to be true, as envisioned by moral realism - the statement or argument cannot simply be coherent, it must be coherent and accurate with respect to the facts it purports to report. The set of all conceivable coherent statements is far larger than the set of all true statements.
if mountaintop removal mining is harmful
and what is harmful is what is bad
then mountaintop removal mining is bad
Thus, the hypothetical realist moral statement is coherent - though, as I also already discussed, that's a pretty low bar. For a moral statement to be true, as envisioned by moral realism - the statement or argument cannot simply be coherent, it must be coherent and accurate with respect to the facts it purports to report. The set of all conceivable coherent statements is far larger than the set of all true statements.
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