RE: Morality: Where do you get yours?
May 11, 2012 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2012 at 1:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It has whatever meaning any given culture has applied to it, ergo subjectivity. With regards to claims of objective morality I would indeed by a moral nihilist. Nevertheless, I don't see how this has any effect on the usefulness of "morality" or whether or not I can source my particular brand of it from wherever. Similarly, I don't see why I would have to defend what has been working for us for as long as we've been engaging in it. The greatest hiccups arise, in fact, when one society asserts that it's value judgements are objective (and then proceeds to force them on another society).
Is this difficult to grasp or am I failing to effectively communicate?
Is this difficult to grasp or am I failing to effectively communicate?
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