Acartia_Bogart
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| Quote (Bob O'H @ Nov. 12 2018,03:00) | Wow, Barry gets something right on the [Non-]Materialist Reaches New Low post:
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Barry Arrington November 10, 2018 at 4:58 pm
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| Quote | | We would disagree but is there any way to decide objectively who is right? |
Why, yes, there is. We know it in exactly the same way we know that 2+2=4.
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I hope he does mean "because we were all taught this when we were very young".
Of course, he could mean that we can prove it with set theory, but I'm not sure I've seen a proof of objective morality. I have, though, seen a proof that shows how to persuade a rational Saudi that executing homosexuals is wrong (briefly, you appeal to his other beliefs). |
It’s almost as if morality was subjective. :)
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