RE: Morality
May 19, 2023 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2023 at 9:35 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 19, 2023 at 9:21 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: 'It cannot be fact if it's relative and subjective.' So it can't be a fact that I like chocolate?This is the one issue I think ripples down the entire line of moral understanding. Objectivism, subjectivism, and relativism are all cognitive frameworks.
An objectivist purports to report a fact "that x is bad", and either succeeds or fails at accurately reporting that fact.
A subjectivist purports to report that same fact, but fails to accurately report that fact, instead inaccurately reporting some fact about themselves.
A relativist purports to report that same fact, but fails to accurately report that fact, instead inaccurately reporting some fact about their society.
Quote:What you believe and what's true are not synonyms, though we would all like them to be. I believe evolution explains our moral sentiments as handily and with more relevant evidence that ancient scriptures. Other social primates also demonstrate that they have feelings of altruism, empathy, fairness, and reciprocity.It's worth mentioning that this is true regardless of whether morality is objective, subjective, or relative.
Quote:Our inherent moral sentiments that we inherited from our ancestors (and share with our cousins) combined with culture, evidence, experience, observation, and tradition; form our morality.Evidence and observation would be objectivist, ancestors and experience would be subjectivist, culture and tradition would be relativist.
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