(March 10, 2015 at 4:34 pm)TRJF Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 4:19 pm)SteveII Wrote: So, a different set of parents and a little less empathy would yield a different set of ethics? That does not seem shaky to you?
I can't speak for Parkers Tan, but that seems so obvious to me as to be beyond disagreement. Are you trying to say that a person's ethics are 100% a product of nature rather than nurture?
Or, are you just taking issue with the implication behind the statement, namely, that "everyone's personal ethics are different"? There are a ton of things "shaky" about reality; their shakiness doesn't make them any less real.
TL;DR: I don't get what you're saying here.
He's alleging objective morality without shouldering the burden of proof.
He will soon learn that he cannot eat his cake, and have it too.