Sure, we'll use it as a nihilist acid test, too.
What I mean by moral realism is that moral utterances are attempts to reports facts, and since they're attempts to report facts we should treat them as we treat any other attempt to report a fact. Whether that's disregarding them for being poorly founded, or accepting them for being well evidenced and demonstrably true.
In short, that moral utterances can be right -or- wrong, in fact.
What I mean by moral realism is that moral utterances are attempts to reports facts, and since they're attempts to report facts we should treat them as we treat any other attempt to report a fact. Whether that's disregarding them for being poorly founded, or accepting them for being well evidenced and demonstrably true.
In short, that moral utterances can be right -or- wrong, in fact.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
