No, the point is that it is not about you. It's not personal. <This post> was meant to convey something other than personal culpability. I don't count...
Well, if it was purely accidental then my point remains instructive. But we have been talking about the torture of babies for days now, and I would be...
The truth in question was the claim, not the doctrine. "According to the rules of chess, one cannot move pawns backwards." Sorry - sloppy writing, I a...
It will perhaps come as no surprise that I agree with . In 's thread the question arose of whether 'shape' is a mind-independent reality. My argument ...
I don't mind if you retract statements or mistakes, but it is worth noting that the point at hand was not insubstantial. You tried to affirm a moral c...
Okay: I tend to think you are digging around in the grave of Logical Positivism. I don't think people are often confused about this matter. It is only...
We got here when you tried to agree to a commonsensical claim that we should not torture babies, and then I pointed out that the claim is inconsistent...
Then you would not agree to the claim that "we should not..." 'We' = 'Myself and other people.' Like I've said all along, your claim contradicts your ...
I addressed this in my post to you <here>. Judgments need not be enacted to occur. To judge that, "we should not torture babies," is to apply a norm t...
If you agree that there is a relevant difference between ice cream preference and not wanting babies to be tortured, then what is the difference!? How...
Fair enough. I don't really know enough about your position to say much, and I may not have enough time for that anyway, but I suppose there is one th...
I think you missed my entire point, because I agreed that doctrinal claims are "correspondence to reality" (truth) claims. I think you are putting the...
Okay, that was a useful clarification. The thrust of my point is this: Why are you trying to universalize a taste that is not universal in any objecti...
Sure. There may be some differences, but I tend to think you are overstating them. The Aristotelian tradition is not at all will-centered in my opinio...
I think there are a number of problems with this post, but let me just focus on the most basic. As outlined by @"Michael" and others in the other thre...
I think you are describing Aristotelian continence. The value of continence does not reside in the idea that willpower suffices for happiness. Again, ...
"Moral subjectivism" seems to be one of those terms that is hopelessly vague and ambiguous. Nevertheless, the fact that you affirm that there are true...
I think it's a cultural problem. In the West we are culturally (and morally) conditioned "not to judge others," and therefore we are uneasy with moral...
It seems that I did somewhat misread your three conditions, but you already agreed to my own definition: No, I don't think so. According to the standa...
I think my same point applies to the question of truth, as judgments always relate to truth. But if you want to say that "true" means "true with a hig...
She is saying that wokeness results in all three, but that (1) is the most important thing to oppose. (3) is not even a contention of the article exce...
To judge an action is to hold that it should have occurred or should not have occurred, with reference to the person acting. It doesn't matter whether...
- Right, and if we are forced to choose between Hanover's and Joshs' account, Hanover's should win every time. Theories which undermine the most well-...
- I'm just saying that if you treat both "preferences" in a significantly different way, then you must hold that there is something significantly diff...
Then you think people should do what they are in no way bound to do, which is a contradiction. Your statement is a perfect example of a moral judgment...
I think this is an important mistake in reading the article. She says just the opposite: In my opinion you are focusing too heavily on the ACLU. The A...
- Thanks for that. I am not a legal professional and my point is broader. If such acts as were charged with sedition in wartime (e.g. distributing the...
Okay fine, it is a rather political article. My memory had failed me. :lol: Still, there are deeper layers at play which I appreciate. I think the ACL...
I'd say she means (1). The argument she makes pertains to expertise, vulnerably entrusting yourself to an expert in a sphere in which you have extreme...
I think a close read would disabuse this stereotype. It is a conservative article, but not in the way you seem to imagine. True, but her point isn't s...
Okay, let me say something to your point... Because it's not binding and therefore provides no defense for the imposition of moral claims. Unless Ross...
- Sorry, I've read enough of your exchange with Banno. I don't think your position makes a lick of sense, and I think you are only engaging in hand-wa...
Freedom of speech has not traditionally been a particularly conservative issue. Indeed, it is very much a liberal issue. I don't think much care is re...
I am thinking of moral anti-realism as the idea that, to use your own words, <There are no "subject-referencing prescriptive statements" that are obje...
But aren't cures almost always painful? And won't patients need to accept and tolerate pain if they want to be cured? I don't track your idea that the...
"Chocolate ice cream is the best," is a preference. Perhaps you construe, "Do not torture babies," as a preference as well. The difference is that whe...
Let me offer another story. One fellow responded to my moral anger argument as follows. "Anger presupposes justice, but because moral realism is false...
Because if one is going to hold others to a standard then they either have to admit that a standard exists or else accept the fact that they are perfo...
But isn't your claim tautological at that point? Obviously moral claims must be situated somewhere within "the totality of existence." No, I don't thi...
@"schopenhauer1" - I read this article a few weeks back and forgot to tell you. I think you might enjoy it. "What Happened to the ACLU?" by Helen Andr...
Okay, so in our culture we would think a lot about consent. So if you are an Epicurean doctor and I submit myself to your care then you can work your ...
I was thinking of religious moralities, Kantian moralities, and conscience-based moralities. It seems to me that very many of these are not arguing fr...
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