I think the foundation has been pretty well established and defended. In my first part I talk about how the basis of ethics is to tell oneself the truth, and to act with regard to the future self and...
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I think the foundation has been pretty well established and defended. In my first part I talk about how the basis of ethics is to tell oneself the truth, and to act with regard to the future self and...
What I am talking about: "What is true for everyone."
What I am not talking about: "What everyone thinks is true."
Please see my previous post:
"I agree that the fact that most people think something is right or wrong doesn't necessarily mean that it is right or wrong. That would be the ad populum fallacy. My...
"It is wrong to own another person." is an ethical statement.
"It is wrong to murder." which follows from self-ownership is also an ethical statement.
"It is wrong to rape, steal, or commit...
I agree that the fact that most people think something is right or wrong doesn't necessarily mean that it is right or wrong. That would be the ad populum fallacy. My arguments do not depend on the...
PostmodernProphet, your refutation is a restatement of your position and not an argument for it. How do you know that there is no objective morality?
I have provided four arguments in favor of my...
Each person has the right to do with himself as he (or she) chooses.
Each person does not necessarily possess concepts like 1+1=2 to change as they wish. The nature of objective is...
Thank you, PostmodernProphet.
Are there any critiques to the substance of my argument?
Posted below is Ethics Part 2. It contains an argument for some objective ethics, which is where Frank Apisa was going with our earlier conversation.
Below I have written four arguments that...
Frank Apisa,
My assertion is that ethics is objective. I provided an argument to support that claim in my previous post.
Your claim is that ethics is subjective.
Your support appears to be...
Frank Apisa,
I am not sure how it is possible for ethics to be purely subjective.
Here are the possible options:
1. Value exists objectively.
If this is the case, and if it is also the...
domer76, you did not properly understand my post.
Your position is "There is no absolute truth."
My position is The statement "There is no absolute truth" is false.
--meaning it is...
ThatOwlWoman, for your first comment, please see post #28:
"I'm curious how those examples demonstrate that there is no absolute truth. That just shows that there are people who disagree about...
Frank Apisa,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you saying that you are not understanding my paper, and the format you prefer is more syllogistic? Is that the sort of thing you find more clear?
...
Yes, the example of an absolute truth is that absolute truths necessarily exist, such as my bolded statement. The premise I am arguing for is self evidently true.
However I would point out that it...
Please see my bolded statement.
Providing lists of subjective truths does not really answer the question I had for you.
Here is an absolute truth:
The statement "there are no absolute truths" is false.
The proof: If there...
domer76, please assume the following is true for the sake of argument:
Two people walk into a bar. The first dislikes the bar. The second does not believe that bars exist, and continues to hold to...
Is that absolutely true?
I'm curious how those examples demonstrate that there is no absolute truth. That just shows that there are people who disagree about what the truth is. It could be that when people disagree, some are...
This is part 1 draft 1 of a paper I recently wrote and I would be interested in hearing what you guys think. Thanks!
Ethics are not opinions. They are not subjective feelings. They do not change...