Judaka

No, I wasn't saying that, though your statement seems fair, I just meant that "morality" has contradictory characteristics due to the differing meanin...

Morality is a dysfunctional word with too many very similar, overlapping but separate meanings. For example, I think it's truth that morality is both ...

Morality definitely isn't inherently about what's "good and bad" and it's heavily tied to pragmatic factors necessitated thanks to the logic of morali...

The second quote is a more accurate description of what morality is, and holds in the majority of the contexts in which the term is used. Morality is ...

If you've no desire to speak to me, about this or in general, then tell me. It wastes both our time if you're just humouring me for the sake of it. I ...

I have no clue what a "moral decision" is supposed to be, it's a term you brought up but isn't defined in the OP. I explained my assumption so it can ...

By "non-moral decision", I take you to mean the parallel of a "non-financial decision" to buy a phone, so, a "non-moral decision" which leads to a "mo...

If we agree that indeed, wanting to buy a phone for non-financial reasons may lead to the financial decision of buying a phone, then we can apply that...

I don't understand the merit of your argument. There is the potential for someone to interpret any act as right-or-wrong with the right context, but w...

I'm not sure that it is ambiguous at all, why do you think so? Terms like "virtue signalling" better describe what you're talking about. Pomposity, se...

That isn't PC, and while the method may be misguided, the intention would be to discourage the exploitation of children. The goal is to prevent exploi...

I think it impossible to have a "unified" language where terms are fixed in meaning. Even if it were possible, I would be against it. Achieving fixed ...

Sure, but that wasn't my question. The point is that nobody is claiming that the "sight" is the "agent of fear" capable of instilling fear into the vi...

To give some other examples "That sight terrifies me" - Are we saying the sight is responsible for terrifying me, and I'm just the thing "being terrif...

You remain so self-assured while every response has been so disparaging of your views... Free thinker? Or just as stubborn as a goat? I'll be impresse...

Causality doesn't apply well to human thought. As you've pointed out, humans are different from one another. An event's effect on people's thinking is...

Not necessarily. Yeah, I'm not referring to defining terms pointlessly either, If miscommunication is "obviously evident" then something action needs ...

The act of defining one's terms will perhaps be criticised, it depends on the term, how it's being defined, the reasoning behind it and the people inv...

A definition is a good first step to understanding a word, but that doesn't make it authoritative or necessary to go back to. Language precedes dictio...

I would refuse to answer how wealthy the wealthiest person should be without first being aware of how it came to be that this level of relative wealth...

The US has also played an important role, especially in how English became a de-facto global language. Such as why it's spoken in the EU. It's a minor...

English became a global language because of the combined influence of two superpowers, the British Empire and the US, not because of its advantages, r...

What's determinative of that? if I show evidence of different ways that the word is used, what could that accomplish? How would you respond? The term ...

The term is changed by context, it's influenced by culture and ethics, and it's a concept with no clear rules or truth conditions, and truth condition...

All that's required is context, which has been the theme of my criticism. We usually have considerable context which allows us to navigate the nuances...

I would assert everything for pain as I did for love. Words can be used to refer to these "aspects of our own ontological being", but they aren't them...

I didn't try to make a case for that. I'm saying that the meaning of words is changed by context and that you're assuming these "general principles" g...

I didn't say that they were... Sure, they're not meaningless as opinions. That's good enough for me. The only value moral truths have is as opinions. ...

You definitely didn't make the claim, but if statements that are true by the circumstances of each speaker are facts, then you're going to have logica...

By your understanding, valid and mutually exclusive facts co-exist since a statement can be true by one's preferences, interpretations and feelings. E...

All I see proven here is that one can convey their meaning while using words casually, liberally or dubiously. While none of those "facts" you listed ...

That's funny. Are you really saying "lmao your dumb" on a philosophy forum? To be true is a prerequisite for being a fact. Statements that are true bu...

Is that because you do not think that a fact is typically defined as a statement that can be proven to be true or false based on evidence or reality? ...

It'd instead be far easier to have a deep and meaningful discussion about love within a singular, specific context. The commonalities of love througho...

A fact is typically defined as a statement that can be proven to be true or false based on evidence or reality. There are no moral facts because moral...

It's rarely a good idea to explore words, for the meaning of words is always changing based on context and perspective. Rather than love being anythin...

It'd be easy to mistake what you're saying as hyperbole, but indeed, there are philosophies and worldviews that rely on this incredibly flawed term. I...

I think this "reason" is "overarching reason" and is being referred to as just that, and not "reason". Firstly, all vices either consist of or affect ...

To me, one cannot make a term of two existing words like "free will" and be privileged to describe the term however they see fit. No matter how one de...

I'm having a hard time understanding this question. Could you reword it? I'm not sure I understand, the words "rules" and "mutable" are throwing me of...

:rofl: My understanding was that it would be less risky health-wise to eat meat from a lab, but it seems like you're mostly referring to the problem o...

Right, I'm more-or-less making the same case as this, that seeing this sort of possibility on the horizon is the pre-requisite for condemning the meat...

Why will no one care or remember? This doesn't seem like it contradicts my prediction, since I'm only predicting the "official condemnation". I take y...

"Correct reference" refers to the correct use of language, and "actuality" refers to "that which really is". What constitutes as "correct use" of lang...

Are you saying possibility/necessity etc are concepts that exist without language, and language merely corresponds to these (mental) concepts? Right, ...

Isn't this your position? That not all truth is scientific truth? Otherwise, why bother using the term? Sure, if you want to be anal about it, others ...

It could have meant that, but it's part of a paragraph that goes on to explain those changes in qualities, which did not include any major changes to ...

What sort of categories are you referring to? You don't seem to understand my claim though. You seem to think I'm arguing that the "change" is a liter...

What is a "mental concept"? Aren't all concepts linguistic? We use language to express our thoughts and feelings, a view I'm not convinced you oppose....

My position is indeed that "truth" is just a language tool. To discuss truth is to discuss language. It's not "a way to emphasise a statement", it ref...