Psst, that's what objective ethics is, in the scientific sense. Of course, linking it to a god's impossible. :D
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Replying to @tibfulv @allyOfTheKurds
That's just human. If something is only real to one species on one planet, can it be objective?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @allyOfTheKurds
Actually, yes. Key thing to remember is that "objective" only means "independent of the observer," or some such.
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Replying to @tibfulv @allyOfTheKurds
OK, if we're defining 'objective' as 'consistently true among homo sapiens' then moral emotions objectively exist
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Replying to @HPluckrose @tibfulv
f every1 today thought the holocaust was good, nobody would feel it was wrong, but it still would be
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Replying to @HPluckrose @allyOfTheKurds
I strongly suspect the Jews and gays that were killed would disagree. And they are the ones that would know.
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Replying to @tibfulv @allyOfTheKurds
But this is a hypothetical point. If everyone, inc victims, thought it good, humanity wld be unrecognisable.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @allyOfTheKurds
I suppose, in that narrow case, I might find the Holocaust palatable. If all victims accepted it, then ...
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Admittedly, it would be a bizarre world, where people could just kill each other without desire for defence. o.O
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Doesn't make any sense, does it? No need for morality iif no-one cares what happens to them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @tibfulv
fascinating. but if victims were all dead and every1 else was brainwashed, their deaths would still have been wrong
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