RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
June 25, 2017 at 10:31 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2017 at 10:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Philosophers provide the intellectual justification for what law enforcement does (and cannot) do, Astreja. Would an objective moral philosophy...or at least one which attempts to approach an objective moral philosophy, in your opinion, be useful to law enforcement? Might it improve the quality of law enforcement?
Dial back the clock, for example. Law enforcement used to be in the business of killing witches. Between you and I I think that we can agree that this was not based on anything even remotely -approaching- objective facts about witchcraft, or objective moral facts of the matter regarding witchcraft.
Witchcraft isn't real, and it isn't harmful.
What then, is the moral or factual justification for burning a witch?
Dial back the clock, for example. Law enforcement used to be in the business of killing witches. Between you and I I think that we can agree that this was not based on anything even remotely -approaching- objective facts about witchcraft, or objective moral facts of the matter regarding witchcraft.
Witchcraft isn't real, and it isn't harmful.
What then, is the moral or factual justification for burning a witch?
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