RE: Being vs. Believing
May 21, 2015 at 12:05 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2015 at 12:05 pm by Angrboda.)
(May 21, 2015 at 10:15 am)Rhythm Wrote: I will stress, again, that many of our conflicts seem to arise precisely because we do -not- seem to have this ability...but if we did........then I wouldn't immediately default to a uniformly negative summary.
Why wouldn't you come to a negative conclusion about the attainability of virtue in practice if all those conditions were met. (Not trying to put words in your mouth, but this is how I understand your "negative summary" to be.)
(May 21, 2015 at 10:09 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: That is the hypothetical. a) Being moral involves believing that we are good rather than being good; b) our standard for when we believe we are being good is internal; c) that standard is loose enough that we can in practice adjust the standard rather than adjusting our behavior. If that all is true, is that not a problem for practical morality?
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