10-31-2018, 04:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2018, 04:40 PM by Yonadav.
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Is Morality Objective?
Is Morality Objective?
I agree that there are some moral statements that we generally accept as being axiomatically true. But I don't think that they are true to the same reliable level that we accept the spherical shape of the earth as being true. I think that the guy who argued that we use objective in different scientific and philosophical senses made a good point, but I still don't think that acceptance of axiomatic moral truths is on the same level as accepting that the world is round. That the world is round is accepted as basically an unchanging fact with no exceptions. Things like our imperative to survive do change; in some circumstances we lose it; in some circumstances we set it aside if we have the fortitude to do so. Moral axioms are likely to have too many exceptions to be as reliable as the belief that the world is round. We continuously renegotiate the social contract.
I'm going to stop right there, because I am limiting my response to the specifics discussed in those two videos.
I'm going to stop right there, because I am limiting my response to the specifics discussed in those two videos.