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[quote user="Zavoi"] [quote user="AJ"]Else please define "objective" more precisely to distinguish the two.[/quote] "Objective" means "true or false independent of the preferences of people." It contrasts with "subjective," which refers to statements...
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[quote user="Juan"][quote user="Lilburne"]I might, however, ask him whether he feels stealing, assault, and enslavement are wrong. If he answers affirmitavely, I would then prove him incoherent by deriving "ought" from "ought" and showing him that he is actually...
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[quote user="Lilburne"] [quote user="Juan"]I'm simply stating the common sense position that there's right and wrong, contrary to what a bunch of relativists who fancy themselves great philosophers believe.[/quote] The common sense position regarding right and wrong is that...
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[quote user="Juan"] [quote]You seem to conflate "really" with "objectively".[/quote] whatever. what do you mean by really ? by conflating ? [/quote] The terms 'objective', 'subjective', 'is', 'ought', 'fact', and 'value' are...
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I guess 'morality', in the descriptive sense, may have a 'truth' value as in the physical laws of the universe. For example, it is true that humans generally feel empathy for one another, avoid murder, and cooperate with one another. One may challenge this claim by arguing that not all...