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> I don't see how you can think that. What's an example of a world with objective morality but no objective good? If, for example, I use minimizing pain as my
by dvt 10y ago
> I don't see how you can think that. What's an example of a world with objective morality but no objective good?
If, for example, I use minimizing pain as my moral barometer (this is utilitarianism), I believe in an objective morality without believing in an objective good.
I'm not going to punch Jimmy because hurting him that wouldn't be in line with minimizing pain and not because it would be "bad" to do so.
- naasking 10y agoA utilitarian ethics, by definition, is about maximizing or minimizing something. If "pain" is that something, then "pain" is the bad and "not pain" is the good.