(July 17, 2024 at 6:03 pm)Sheldon Wrote:(July 17, 2024 at 5:04 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Do you not care whether or not the things you believe are true?Actually I do very much, which was why I was careful to label it a subjective opinion, one can prefer red to blue, but one can't pretend that red is objectively better than blue, just because they prefer it, no more can I pretend it is objectively true that we should not cause unnecessary suffering, and should do what is reasonable to prevent it where possible.
I can only infer how I would feel, indeed how I have felt on occasion, when others caused me to suffer unnecessarily, and that I would prefer to live in a society, and a world where we don't cause, and try to prevent unnecessary suffering.
I have opinions, you have opinions, we all have opinions. Moral objectivism is the opinion that our moral opinions can be factually correct, or factually incorrect.
So when I say that rape is bad because rape is harmful - just for starters, I really believe that there's something about rape that is harmful. That the harm is not a figment of my imagination, or of my societies construction. I don't think it would be difficult to establish that this opinion of mine is factually accurate.
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