RE: Objective Morality, Anyone?
March 19, 2014 at 10:14 am
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2014 at 10:16 am by Mudhammam.)
(March 19, 2014 at 9:47 am)tor Wrote:(March 19, 2014 at 9:46 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: First I establish, subjectively, a frame of reference.
Which is what?
Well, let's account for a few facts about reality that we probably agree on.
Organisms, specifically us, only live once. Once we die, that's it. So for me that makes life extremely precious. In other words, every moment you have is a moment worth spending on whatever it is that makes you happy.
Other minds also exist. We agree on that? So then, we should all do whatever it is that makes us each, individually, happy.
But what happens when multiple minds disagree or have different concepts of happiness? Then each case should be made with, if possible, an objective observer present (at least in theory) who considers all the actual physiological and neurological states of being that a broad idea of happiness largely depends on. Lying or cheating or stealing or killing or raping involves not just one party but multiple parties, so maximizing happiness for the individual is only as relevant as it is for all parties involved. That would be a summary of my basis for determining right and wrong. I'd also assert that it's reasonable, and moreover, as objective as you're going to possibly get on the subject.