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Hard to even approach answering this question without some kind of workable definition of "objective" and "universal" and "morality." What does a person mean wh
by asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
Hard to even approach answering this question without some kind of workable definition of "objective" and "universal" and "morality." What does a person mean when they say all these words together? My best guess would be something like, "All people would agree that any action recommended by this morality are right, and any action prohibited by this morality are wrong, and this morality either recommends or prohibits all possible actions." To me, the answer to this question is pretty obvious: there is no possible moral system that matches this definition.
- stablenode 5y agoYou're quite right. Arguably, an attempt at formulating an objective morality has been made: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism . However, it is anathema on HN.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoObjectivism has little to do with objectivity, despite sharing the first nine letters. They are two entirely different concepts. Whether objectivism is preferred on HN is another unrelated question.
- stablenode 5y agoObjectivism has a lot to do with objectivity. I'm sorry if this is news for you. How reality is perceived and how objective knowledge is attained are at the core of this doctrine -- without these one cannot even talk about rational pursuit of self-interest. I wasn't even asking a question about HN, just making a remark.
- kazinator 5y agoI.e. objectivism has to do with objectivity, not vice versa. The definition of objectivity simply does not reference objectivism.
- stablenode 5y agoOh :) Yes, that's right. Fixed it now.
- chousuke 5y agoI have a suspicion that any "universal" moral framework would boil down to the halting problem at some level. Even so, a moral framework doesn't have to be complete to be justifiably considered "objective", so attempting to find universally acceptable moral axioms may not be altogether futile.