RE: Good and Evil
May 6, 2015 at 4:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2015 at 4:08 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(May 6, 2015 at 12:35 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: One could try to maximize one's potential as a mass murderer, or as a child rapist, or any other thing…Typically, what one adds to that sort of claim is some question-begging goal, and pretend that it is somehow objective for what one's "potential" is.It takes time and repeated exposure to understand the terms and concepts of the Neo-Scholastic tradition. So even though I took great pains to elaborate I don’t fault your misunderstanding. To accurately form concepts, people must distinguish between essential attributes and accidental ones. So while it is true that humans have the potential to be rapists, it is an accidental property the same way that having been born in France or having the skill to hang-glide are accidental. None of those facts are relevant to what it means to be human.
(May 6, 2015 at 3:32 pm)AdamLOV Wrote: "Questions about ethics only apply to humans"? So its okay to abuse animals, keep them in conditions worse than slavery. All that lies outside of the realm of ethics. That is a rather extreme position.No, because acting inhumane is by definition contrary what it means to be human.
