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Why do I express my opinion to those who are under no obligation to agree with me and follow my morality? There are two reasons: some may change their mind and decide that my opinion applies to them as well, and I am a narcissist. While no one is under any obligation to adopt my personal preference...

Right. That's the Subjectivist problem. Nothing they affirm in the moral realm has any logical obligation for anybody else. He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that i...

While there really is no such thing as objective morality, those in power may impose their subjective morality, as if it were objective morality. This is the case collectively, when Congress agrees upon its laws.

If my neighbors behavior is bad, in my opinion, then it is right for me to abhor their behavior.

I think I have said before words to the effect that I don’t expect anyone to conform to my morality. If I haven’t, I should like to say so now. Why do I express my opinion to those who are under no obligation to agree with me and follow my morality? There are two reasons: some may change their mind ...

If you live by yourself, in a cave, then you don't need morality at all...neither objective or subjective. And whatever you decide to do, you can just do. There can be, for you, no moral dimension to life, because nobody but you counts. But let one person enter the situation...a countryman, a neigh...

That won't work. If it's "situational," then you're in no position to tell anybody about their "position," or what their moral "position" on it should be. Unless I am obliged to tell others what to believe or think, it works just fine. If you live by yourself, in a cav...

That won't work. If it's "situational," then you're in no position to tell anybody about their "position," or what their moral "position" on it should be. Why would anyone want to be in a position to tell anyone what their moral position should be??? Because they don't...

That won't work. If it's "situational," then you're in no position to tell anybody about their "position," or what their moral "position" on it should be. Unless I am obliged to tell others what to believe or think, it works just fine. If you live by yourself, in a cav...

That's because if that's just a subjective list, then it's inconsequential. However, if it's objectively true that voting for Trump is bad, and you can produce evidence that I should believe that makes it morally bad, then you're not a Moral Subjectivist at all...you're just a selective Objectivist...

That's because if that's just a subjective list, then it's inconsequential. However, if it's objectively true that voting for Trump is bad, and you can produce evidence that I should believe that makes it morally bad, then you're not a Moral Subjectivist at all...you're just a selective Objectivist...

Your entire question in reply to my post was included above. My response is also included above. What other "response" did you have in mind? :shock: Look back to my earlier post where I provided a list of reasons why I think Trump is amoral and/or narcissistic. I cannot find a comment fro...

I'm not agreeing to any statements others try to script for me. I can make my own claims, thanks. But you have alleged that the danger is an "amoral narcissist," in context, alleging that of Trump. But given the proliferation of such in Washington, what's your particular justification for...

Not especially bad, but especially qualified in that respect. You’ll agree that his supporters believe he is especially good, not bad. I'm not agreeing to any statements others try to script for me. I can make my own claims, thanks. But you have alleged that the danger is an "amoral narcissist...

There are nothing but amoral narcissists in the uni-party in Washington these days, and they're all little Hitlers in their own way. What gives you reason to think that Trump would be especially bad in that respect? Not especially bad, but especially qualified in that respect. You’ll agree that his...