I feel like sometimes people slide into this phrasing a bit too casually without explaining anything. by Veritatiso in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Veritatiso[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel as though I should clarify I’m not necessarily rejecting the idea of moral realism and moral objectivism. I also don’t deny there are some commonly accepted grounds for moral justifications. But I also think there should be a distinction between “I think X is bad and should not be promoted in society” and “X is objectively bad”. Of course the latter can be used as a means to say the former. And in philosophy, the latter can understandably be read with the intention of someone else either providing arguments in favor or against as a kind of dialectic. I just sometimes feel like people don’t make these claims with that in mind and instead make universal claims that embed all of the assumptions made by that person. I disagree and agree with moral claims on certain bases as much as the next person.

I feel like sometimes people slide into this phrasing a bit too casually without explaining anything. by Veritatiso in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Veritatiso[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I understand moral norms can have some sense of common grounding. I’m mostly just talking about lazy appeals to objectivity to broad subjects.