“Morality thus describes what reasons we have to do things, unmoored from our desires. “
Looked at from a different perspective, this shows that morality is an empty set, because it describes things that do not exist.
To be slightly fairer, BB might be sneaking something in by interpreting “desires” differently than I would.
I enjoyed the post, but I might be too biased to have a clear judgement of it. Biases confirmed!
Is there anything at stake in this debate? Two persons who agree that moral realism is true will not necessarily be able to agree on much else as a result. If we stipulate moral realism, but do not stipulate some unrealistic epistemological situation, the moral realists end up in much the same situation as moral antirealists. They must somehow decide, both individually and collectively, how to proceed. If justice is not a static feature of the universe, we have to figure out what we want to do. If justice were a static feature of the universe, we would need to figure out how to discover and interpret it, which might be greatly influenced by what we want to do. Would these two,situations be radically different?
with bb it increasingly feels like you're just playing brandolini's catchup.
“Morality thus describes what reasons we have to do things, unmoored from our desires. “
Looked at from a different perspective, this shows that morality is an empty set, because it describes things that do not exist.
To be slightly fairer, BB might be sneaking something in by interpreting “desires” differently than I would.
I enjoyed the post, but I might be too biased to have a clear judgement of it. Biases confirmed!
Is there anything at stake in this debate? Two persons who agree that moral realism is true will not necessarily be able to agree on much else as a result. If we stipulate moral realism, but do not stipulate some unrealistic epistemological situation, the moral realists end up in much the same situation as moral antirealists. They must somehow decide, both individually and collectively, how to proceed. If justice is not a static feature of the universe, we have to figure out what we want to do. If justice were a static feature of the universe, we would need to figure out how to discover and interpret it, which might be greatly influenced by what we want to do. Would these two,situations be radically different?