Moral Facts Don't Exist, Even Though We'd Like Them To
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good and bad morals aren't real but they still exist.
I.E. the equator isn't real but it exists
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@vicepresidentfru1tly The title is a hyperbolic version of the message in the vid, like book titles often are.
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thank you for this.
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You're replying to an 8 month old comment because I heard "most" instead of "almost"? Anyway, where is the difference? The title of the vid is "Moral facts don't exist, even though we'd like them to"? He's still making an unequivocal statement that they don't exist.
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well that would depend on how you define mistakes, now wouldn't it?
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Wal mart, I think.
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this is not even a correct quotation. the quote is "moral facts almost certainly do no exist." yes. that makes a difference.
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this video is amazing.
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One needn't be a non-naturalist or a supernaturalist to be a moral realist you know... Indeed, many of the most influential moral realists of today aren't.
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Sorry if I've missed the entire objective of this video, but aren't you implying at the end that it is wrong for a religious fanatic to murder innocent civilians? If morality is arbitrary, on what basis can one condemn murder in the name of God?
bryanperf 2 years ago
If i say or imply that something is wrong, it should be understood that all i mean by this is that it does not cohere with my moral sense. In addition, if i'm saying something along these lines i'm often expecting that there is a good deal of overlap between the foundational elements of my moral sense, and those of my interlocutor.
bitbutter 2 years ago
If i've got you right? i'm afraid this is a nonsense, and I'd leave 'Kant the cul-de-sac' the heck alone if I was you.
Acts of 'moral kindness' serve/d a very specific evolutionary purpose.
In a city environment or when a donation is made where you may never see the person you've helped ever again, I suppose you could call this a misfiring, but nonetheless there is a logical historically justifiably natural reason for this sort of morality.
gbcharlie 2 years ago
"If i've got you right"
I don't know if your comment was in direct reply to the video, if it was then there was a misunderstading.
I think there are very plausible Darwinian explanations for the development of an instinct for altruism as well as the habit of believing (mistakenly) that moral facts exist.
bitbutter 2 years ago