Yes, there are truths to call on to form moral evaluations but they themselves are then subjective.
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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Then we're talking past each other & have different meanings of objective
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