Isaac

Again, I don't see the determinism here that any kind of moral realism or universalism would require. To me there's two things going on here. There's ...

Yes. Yes. That's why I said the antinatalist's only coherent counter is the immediate annihilation of the human race. Anything less and the next stage...

No, I suppose not. Only perhaps the similarity with words which have become symbolic or triggers, there seems a neat connection there to 'words' which...

I didn't say that such responses were.learnt without recourse to mental imagery (that would be a different argument). I only claimed that they are use...

I've probably confused things a bit by talking about intentions. I'm trying to avoid the word 'ought' because it seems to beg the question. Is not "tr...

We check to see if it's present from birth, we see if it changes in response to cultural changes, we see if we can find a plausible neurological mecha...

What I'm trying to get at is whether a reached agreement is anything more than just a state of two parties having the same idea about what course of a...

How does "my partner and I agree I should try to be more courteous towards her after a shit day at work" differ from "my partner and I agree I ought t...

The use of 'objective' is complicated and gets into long arguments about realism, but roughly... By 'objective' I just mean something outside of any i...

You've just side-stepped the point of objection. Either you have a view of morality which most people would consider sociopathic, or you accept, as mo...

Interesting. I saw it going the other way. The reason I mentioned "Na" was that it is from a class of words which I don't see as ever having indexical...

As @"ChrisH" has already said, you holding a view as to the damage the upholding of personal liberty has done during this pandemic has nothing to do w...

Yeah, for most people I think that's true. And it does seem to be based on proximity, but also ability. The difficulty required to help is often consi...

Optionality isn't the point. The point is that if someone chooses to walk by we would probably think them a sociopath. No one's talking about being fo...

Sounds like a fairly convoluted post hoc ethics stemming from, rather than leading to, a commitment to antinatalism. So - don't use people and don't h...

I don't see how you can justify that assessment. That person's net effect on the world might be to reduce the suffering of others to a greater extent ...

:point: But haven't I just given an example where this is not the case. If I yell "duck!" I'm not expecting that you sync my image of you ducking with...

What makes a word a word is about the correct usage of the word "word". No, I think you understood what I meant by referring to it as a 'word', hence ...

Thanks for looking. I know how annoying it is to have some study in mind and not be able to track it down. I'll have a read of the paper you linked th...

Yeah, that's along the lines I was thinking. Something interesting in the way 'logic' is being defined. Also interested in this concept of 'reasoning ...

But it's not 'pointing' to those things. The fact that a word stands in some relationship to some referrant(s) does not in of itself mean that the wor...

Don't suppose you happen to have a citation for this by any chance? I'll find it on Scholar if not, but asking you might be quicker.

No problem at all, it wasn't that clear, that's why I thought I ought to clarify. My preferred methods for getting at why people believe what they do ...

To be clear, I'm not actually disputing the claim so much as trying to find out how the OP (and others) believe it to be the case. I haven't particula...

I didn't say that. I asked you what arbiter of a word's correct use you'd prefer if not mutual understanding?

What is it in that article which tells you what level of risk is scientifically proven to be appropriate to take relative to the value of individual l...

Agreed on the principle, though I'm not sure how 'science' showed this, unless you're taking a really broad definition of science. But the point here ...

You appeared to understand what I meant when I referred to it as a word. Is there some other arbiter of correct language use you have in mind?

Wow, so the Barber of Seville must have been astonishingly ahead of it's time. Or does "La" point to something different to "Na". Do tell.

Do you understand what 'science' is? Controlled trials, models, theories, predictions, experiments, statistical analysis, refined models... It's not y...

This sounds like a fun game. We say a word and Harry tells us what it's pointing to. Can I try one... The "Na" in... " Na na na na na na na na na na n...

You shouldn't confuse your own selfish laziness for the state of all people.

So your reasoning is...?

I'm aware of that. I'm asking about your thought process, not asking for your permission. You said that people 'should' be more aquatinted and comfort...

That's just a statement of fact, I'm asking why people 'should' take any action at all about it. I could completely ignore that fact, why should I not...

Maybe, but that would be the problem of the person who put the salad in, not the blender which blended it. Blenders are supposed to blend whatever is ...

Why 'should' they?

I'm not really interested in the mere fact that philosophers have made claims in support of moral realism (I took that to be self-evident). If you per...

Are you saying that you've never heard the expression "My blender's gone wrong"?

Really? So what scientific model would you be using to tell whether individual liberty or mandatory mask-wearing is more important to long-term human ...

I agree, but I'm trying to understand what @"Thomas Quine" is presenting here and it appears that he thinks they do not differ, but are rather a "a co...

But moral "good" and "bad" are about judging other people's actions also. They act like instructions or categorical claims. The claim is that science ...

So why take that perspective? That's what I'm asking. What is it that appeals to you about it, or are you just offering it as an option?

Right. Why do we need any more than this? Why associate either of those things with a universal concept, they work perfectly well as modalities.

Science. What's that got to do with morality?

Yes, but you said... I'm asking why we would do that 'if'. To say 'if' implies we have a choice (ie we might not make that association), I just don't ...

Did you read the article I linked? I think you've misunderstood Divine Command Theory. It's not about rewards and punishments, it's about the source o...

Right. Now do that without the morality. Science can tell us what produces happiness (I don't really agree with this, but for the sake of argument...)...

Just to get off DCT for a minute. How far into the future does your "All moral theories are an attempt to answer the question, "What best serves human...

Well then that's wrong from the outset. Divine command theory aims to obey God. If God aimed to make humanity miserable, then that would be the morall...