I use the analogy with a map.Knowing that a correct map to our moral destination exists is of no help unless we can be sure we have that map
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@sjzara I'm not immediately in error if I say the Nazis were wrong to slaughter 6,000,000 people (even if I don't yet know how to ground...
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@PhilosophyExp But isn't the way we find out what the wrong moral maps are through agreed premises and argument? -
@PhilosophyExp This is something we would do with or without the actual existence of objective moral values? -
@PhilosophyExp I have to admit I'm not good with terminology here.
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@PhilosophyExp@sjzara just like the how to make a light bulb thing. -
@PhilosophyExp@sjzara we know a lot of ways how to NOT make a light bulb. -
@JesseMaxPriest@sjzara Indeed. So, for example, we might know that moral prohibitions based on divine command theory are wrong, and that... -
@JesseMaxPriest@sjzara they are not wrong simply because there are no objective moral values. This would be a useful thing to know. -
@PhilosophyExp@JesseMaxPriest Yes, that (I think!) is my point.
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