Yes but that's unique to us. If you want to say 'human' rather than 'objective', I'm with you.
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Replying to @Atticus_Amber @dsteninger and
Yes, but it's humans who have this morality. Other conscious animals on this planet don't. It's quite possible that life elsewhere does not and that AIs would not. Therefore, not universal. Human.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Atticus_Amber and
Some animals do have some sense of morality, but that's beside the point. It seems to me that suffering and wellbeing are subjective states. Once you grant the premise that that's what we mean by morality, then there are objective answers as to how we can acquire wellbeing.
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Replying to @Atticus_Amber @dsteninger and
I love that book and agree with it fully. I am only quibbling over whether it should rightly be called 'objective morality' or 'human morality' and that is far from the most important thing. The important thing is doing it.
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Replying to @Atticus_Amber @dsteninger and
As long as we remember we're only looking from one vantage point. If there are numerous lifeforms all over the universe which have evolved so differently, they have almost nothing in common, an objective observer could compare and evaluate.
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I find this speculation of limited interest because I am mostly concerned about the lifeforms on this planet but I think it worth recognising that we are very much bound by our own experiences and evolution which we share to a certain degree with other conscious earthlings!
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