(June 9, 2012 at 6:44 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Rhyme, do you agree it's wrong to torture a child out of intention of fun?
I can say, I objectively say it's wrong to torture a child out of intention of fun. It's not just my opinion, it is wrong, and I am right to believe so, and not only right to believe so, but know so.
Let me see if I can illustrate a problem with this argument for you.
In order to "know" something, you must believe it, it must be true, and your belief must be justified. The justifier for your belief must in turn be justified, and so on. Eventually, when you follow the chain of justification, you're going to reach a justifier that you cannot justify, but appears to you to be self-evident (e.g. an axiom).
This is all well and good when self-justifying your beliefs. The problem arises when you attempt to convince others that your belief is justified. Unless they happen to agree that your axioms are self-evident and need no justification, you will be unable to do so.
