RE: Ethics
March 28, 2015 at 10:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2015 at 11:07 pm by Pyrrho.)
(March 28, 2015 at 4:16 pm)Nestor Wrote: It seems to me that the trouble with objectivist theories of morality are twofold: 1) It doesn't address the question as to what "the good" actually is ...
That isn't true. Take a look at:
Ethical objectivism[edit]
Main article: Moral realism
According to the ethical objectivist, the truth or falsity of typical moral judgments does not depend upon the beliefs or feelings of any person or group of persons. This view holds that moral propositions are analogous to propositions about chemistry, biology, or history: they describe (or fail to describe) a mind-independent reality. When they describe it accurately, they are true—no matter what anyone believes, hopes, wishes, or feels. When they fail to describe this mind-independent moral reality, they are false—no matter what anyone believes, hopes, wishes, or feels.
There are many versions of ethical objectivism, including various religious views of morality, Platonistic intuitionism, Kantianism, utilitarianism, and certain forms of ethical egoism and contractualism. Note that Platonists define ethical objectivism in an even more narrow way, so that it requires the existence of intrinsic value. Consequently, they reject the idea that contractualists or egoists could be ethical objectivists. Objectivism, in turn, places primacy on the origin of the frame of reference—and, as such, considers any arbitrary frame of reference ultimately a form of ethical subjectivism by a transitive property, even when the frame incidentally coincides with reality and can be used for measurements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivit...bjectivism
Probably the easiest to explain example of ethical objectivism is:
Bentham, who takes happiness as the measure for utility, says, "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong".[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism
For more on ethical objectivism, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_realism
http://www.iep.utm.edu/ethics/
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
