Good video, but would it not be plausble to assume that, a persons actions to prevent a murder were caused by thier assumption that their desire to prevent the murder was more important/valuable than the murderers desire to kill the victim. Making that persons actions immoral by your reasoning.
@nightvidcole the murderer would be immoral aswell but why not the person who intervens (by your standard)? Also, even if value properties supervene on neural states, it does not seem you can logically derive morals. For instance, the murderers brain may objectively have properties of value and the victims brain may objectively have properties of disvalue, but whether this act is right or wrong, immoral or moral is still a matter of intersubjective agreement.
@Basics1120 Again, you are missing the point. The issue is that if value properties supervene on neural states, then it is only rational to act with respect to others' desires as being as important as yours. Not that some people are more valuable than others (in fact more like the opposite...)
Good video, but would it not be plausble to assume that, a persons actions to prevent a murder were caused by thier assumption that their desire to prevent the murder was more important/valuable than the murderers desire to kill the victim. Making that persons actions immoral by your reasoning.
Basics1120 1 month ago
@Basics1120 What you are forgetting is the victim's desire not to be murdered...
nightvidcole 1 month ago
@nightvidcole the murderer would be immoral aswell but why not the person who intervens (by your standard)? Also, even if value properties supervene on neural states, it does not seem you can logically derive morals. For instance, the murderers brain may objectively have properties of value and the victims brain may objectively have properties of disvalue, but whether this act is right or wrong, immoral or moral is still a matter of intersubjective agreement.
Basics1120 1 month ago
@Basics1120 Again, you are missing the point. The issue is that if value properties supervene on neural states, then it is only rational to act with respect to others' desires as being as important as yours. Not that some people are more valuable than others (in fact more like the opposite...)
nightvidcole 2 weeks ago