If a given context is sufficiently different, existing answers to questions of morality can be hard to apply, due to a translation problem.
-
-
Replying to @fronxer @HPluckrose
What that doesn't mean is that morality of actions defined and assessed in a particular context can't be determined.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer @HPluckrose
It just means that translating from another context may not be a good method for doing that.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer
I don't know what you mean. Liberal principles can be applied consistently to same actions committed by different people.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
What determines the sameness? The definition always implies characteristics of an assumed context. Which may or may not be universal.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer
LGBT ppl have the same right to equality & freedom from violence & oppression wherever they happen to live.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
LGBT people don't even exist in all societies. You can try and find a mapping, but that's a translation process, which doesn't always work.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer @HPluckrose
Violence and oppression are much better candidates for claiming a universal meaning, because they are quite abstract and versatile concepts.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer
I'm not claiming universal meaning. That doesn't exist.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
Ok. Does morality depend on meaning? (I think it does, because actions and actors are objects of meaning.)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
No. Whether you understand black people to be human or not, its equally wrong to enslave them. 1 cultural meaning is morally wrong
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.