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The Self-Undermining Arguments from Disagreement
I recently watched this video (this paper seems to argue the same thing), where, near the end of the video, a very interesting argument against the Argument from Disagreement (where, moral skeptics ...
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Moral Non-Realists Responses to Suffering
It seems to me that one possible grounding for objective morality is in the inherent badness of suffering.
Suffering is inherently bad, I believe, by definition, and non-instrumental suffering could ...
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What is one’s incentive to be moral?
Assuming there is no afterlife, or whatever afterlife there is does not depend on the morality of my actions in this life, what is one’s incentive to be moral given basic rational self-interest is ...
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Boundary case on the morality of torture [closed]
Most everyone would agree that "cold-blooded" torture is morally wrong. We agree so much so that many assume it's objectively wrong.
That being said, imagine this thought experiment:
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Is it moral get free benefits from a country and then leave it for a better life?
There is an article about movies. It mentions an actress from the former Soviet Union who was denounced by some communist for playing a role in the wrong western movie.
He says:
The Soviet Union gave ...
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Does Hume's Is-Ought Thesis imply moral nihilism?
Assuming you are an atheist, cognitivist, and a moral objectivist, does Hume's Is-Ought Thesis imply you must be a moral nihilist (or perhaps more weakly, at least a moral skepticist)?
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Can I define morality as "maximizing pleasure/happiness"? Why yes or why not?
I heard in this video https://youtu.be/ebuve4INdAU?list=WL&t=699 that it is difficult to define morality as maximizing happiness for the maximum number of people.
I also read about the open-...
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Are human moralities morally objective or subjective or morally skeptic (always ask critical questions)?
Moral objectivism means that something that is not moral ought to change to something morally absolute or constant.
Moral subjectivism means that moral ideas are relative. They can change over time.
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