RE: Atheism and Ethics
July 18, 2024 at 1:37 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2024 at 1:40 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I think I'm a credible authority on what I'm talking about when I use a word. So, If I say I'm talking about a thing that contains x with a word y..and you say..no..the thing you're talking about with the word y does not contain the thing x...it's pretty clear we aren't talking about the same thing. Pretty basic. I mean..If we both use the word cat to refer to different things then it's clear we aren't talking about the same thing when we say cat..right? Is it just my opinion that what I'm talking about when I say cat is a small mammal with a tail and whiskers that goes meow all over the internet? No.
Like usual, I'm fine with giving the word to whomever thinks this is a hill to die on. Moral content by any other name, and all that. Your hypothetical morality with no harm content can be called morality and we'll call my hypothetical fleefarpity with harm content fleefarp. While we're at it, I say we stop using cat and start using bastard for the small mammals with tails and whiskers that go meow all over the internet.
Long story short, at this level, it doesn't even make sense to say "that's just, like, your opinion" - because we're just defining terms and clarifying what we're talking about.
Like usual, I'm fine with giving the word to whomever thinks this is a hill to die on. Moral content by any other name, and all that. Your hypothetical morality with no harm content can be called morality and we'll call my hypothetical fleefarpity with harm content fleefarp. While we're at it, I say we stop using cat and start using bastard for the small mammals with tails and whiskers that go meow all over the internet.
Long story short, at this level, it doesn't even make sense to say "that's just, like, your opinion" - because we're just defining terms and clarifying what we're talking about.
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