Anthony Minickiello

The alternative, not maintaining those moral principles, is an even worse choice, to me, as that gets you in trouble. So given the choice to obey thos...

I think I would get in trouble during life plenty if I regularly violated my moral principles. I tend to obey popular behavioral norms like those in s...

I am curious because I share your viewpoints to some extent: what do you think of ideal observer theory as it relates to the possibility of an unbiase...

Does the usefulness of compassion consist in “giving up that which involves harming others”, as you suggest? Or am I misunderstanding what “this” is r...

I love this post so much. Eternal life doesn’t appeal to me, personally, since I like to think of myself as here on Earth for a good time, but not a l...

I’m a little confused by the question (if there is one) posed. Maybe there isn’t one and that’s cool. Is your post about whether or not conceiving of ...

To me, compassion is a virtue. It is a feeling, quality, or a kind of state of mind. As others have mentioned, I believe compassion is synonymous with...

My impression is that the value of a human life depends on who you ask. A lot of variables play into how much a person values another, like familial r...

Intelligence has helped me live in a few major ways. It strengthens my social skills, which help me to live cooperatively with other people. On the ac...

Agreed. There is ambiguity in the question that could lead someone to misunderstand it.

I would object that epistemology itself is not a way of thinking that is either totally correct or incorrect, since there are many ways one can do epi...

I accept readily that moral senses are real bases for human action, but when do you think moral senses are and are not reliable? What conditions do yo...

I think I get what you're saying. My worry is that if existence does not accurately tell me anything about how things ought to be, then does that mean...

This resonates with me a bunch. This is kind of why I believe an "ought" can't come from an "is".

Yes. Descriptive statements aim to describe the world as it is. I am not familiar with Hume, but that phrase sums my thoughts up well. Normative state...

I guess I'm having a hard time understanding why you think that descriptive statements can imply normative ones. I think you are quite right that mora...

I haven't read the whole conversation because I don't have time, but the prompt looked cool. I am not sure if there is an objectively true moral code,...