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The issue with moral absolutes is the fact that these absolutes can only be derived for a given context (e.g. human, american, mother, christian, etc). There i
by CuriouslyC 10y ago
The issue with moral absolutes is the fact that these absolutes can only be derived for a given context (e.g. human, american, mother, christian, etc). There is no objective means to state the primacy of a given context over any others.
That being said, since you have to define what "good" means, and what the role/fundamental characteristic of various contexts is, I think any attempt at a completely rational morality is quite doomed.
- Retra 10y agoA context-independent rational morality might be doomed, but we actually do live in a specific context, and you can be arbitrarily rational with respect to that context. And regardless, you have to value those things which promote decision-making capability, since you'll end up a non-moral corpse without it, and sacrifice whatever local good you're trying to save in the process. So there are very large contexts with clear moral foundations that you are a part of.