Postmodernism: Objective truth is unattainable. Knowledge is always situated. Religion: Objective truth is found in my religion & accepted via faith, Science: Objective truth is attainable in principle & attaining it is the aim but it is always provisional & open to correction.https://twitter.com/afterall_net/status/985533728381259776 …
No, I didn't because I was born yesterday and have never considered morality before ever.
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I'm sorry I'm getting impatient but I really don't need this very basic introduction to moral philosophy. I have a position on this which rejects Hume's 'ought' and 'is' divide, accepts that humans have consistent basic needs and then vary widely in how they express them.
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I will argue for liberal humanism because in this way, people get to live as they wish provided they don't impose on others. I think this would be the optimum but I could be wrong. It's possible that this isn't strong enough to oppose fundamentalist mentalities.
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But I am sorry for being impatient. I have a load of people wanting to have arguments with me that I stopped having years ago because I am so bored by them. I shouldn't snark at you, tho.
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No need to apologize. I enjoyed the exchange. I am new to your work, so i did not realize you have already gotten into lots of exchanges like this. Have a nice day!
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I need a Twitter break. Thanks for being understanding. I shall now chill.pic.twitter.com/OcWc2dy8CB
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Just a question 4 you after you come back from your break. Have you written anything justifying your rejection of Hume's is/ought divide? I'd love to read the argument, so please send me the reference.
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No, because I hate this topic. The argument is that everything comes down to 'is' in the end because everything, including our morality is biologically based. But it's just too complicated and multi-faceted to trace everything back and we have to make arguments instead abt ought.
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We don't know enough but if you believe that the most objective morality we can get is an optimum human morality, it takes a huge number of factors to establish exactly what that is so we have to make arguments based on human wellbeing.
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Since you've not written on it, who do you think has made the best case for your position, or some close approximation to it? Sam Harris? Anyone else?
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Sam Harris, probably, yes. The Moral Landscape.
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Because 'ought' comes from human brains too and we don't choose to have morality so its appearance comes down to something that is.
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