RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
June 26, 2017 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2017 at 1:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm)Whateverist Wrote:It would, objectively, depend on whatever matter we were discussing, wouldn't it? That's an impossible question to answer in a vacuum. We'll continue with the rape theme..since it's whats on every frothing christers mind when they barge in talking about morality (and isn't -that- disturbing? it's almost as if these fuckers don't get laid enough)(June 26, 2017 at 12:54 pm)Khemikal Wrote: An objective morality is a moral system in which the moral propositions are based upon objectively verifiable facts of a matter we consider to be a moral one. Moral facts of the matter.
I think that there are, or at least can be, moral facts of the matter.
What would be the test to verify you had the right ones?
Is there something or somethings about rape that makes it a moral matter? That makes it bad? Something verifiable, something objective? I think there is. Can you identify anything like that?
(June 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm)Astonished Wrote:Why? What's the problem?(June 26, 2017 at 12:54 pm)Khemikal Wrote: An objective morality is a moral system in which the moral propositions are based upon objectively verifiable facts of a matter we consider to be a moral one. Moral facts of the matter.
I think that there are, or at least can be, moral facts of the matter.
I think that's where the problem lies.
(June 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Do we get to vote?Sure, but it wont be your vote that decides anything, objectively...it would be a fact of the matter, or many facts of the matter, that decided the matter
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