Can you give an example of something being both or neither true or untrue?
There can be a variety of coherent moral positions & no objective marker to measure them by. Not so for facts.
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well harris' argument is that values reduce down to facts about the universe
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No, he says there are real facts to be known abt human wellbeing but first we have to prioritise human wellbeing in a secular way.
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what is the well-being of conscious creatures if not a set of facts about the universe? /2
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But we still have to decide to prioritise the wellbeing of conscious creatures. Universe doesn't tell us to do that. Humanism does.
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We set the premise first. Then look for facts to inform us how best to do go about it.
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'who's to say that we should prioritize principles of matter & energy in the study of chemistry?' my religious text says 'god did it'.../2
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I don't know what you mean. I agree with Harris. We prioritise humans coz were human not coz its objectively moral
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i disagree. i think morality is objective. that can seem self-serving, but isn't necessarily, (we could extend morality to animals, etc.)
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