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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
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Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
I see no justification for supposing any existent state of the soul. Sure you do. You have one yourself. It's the locus of your intelligence and personality. And you have a fair bit of both. :wink: Thank you, but seriously, why is there any reason to think there is any more than just brain plus con...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Trusting ChatGPT
- Replies: 1
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Trusting ChatGPT
Recently, Dr. Jordan Peterson assigned ChatGPT a task. It was to write a poem in praise of Donald Trump. Chat GPT came back to say it could not do that. Then Dr. Peterson, using the same command, asked it to write a poem in praise of Joe Biden. Chat GPT instantly wrote the poem. You might think that...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
From your reading, when do you imagine souls are created? We are not told. But I see no justification in presupposing any pre-existent state of the soul. I see no justification for supposing any existent state of the soul. Sure you do. You have one yourself. It's the locus of your intelligence and ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: What is tolerance?
- Replies: 195
- Views: 2685
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
I'm sorry -- I don't understand this claim. It might be right, in some sense, but it's too vague. Can you clear it up for me? Morality, like free-will, is about the act..... Kant didn't think so. He thought it was about the process of making the decision. Aristotle didn't think so: he thought it wa...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: What is tolerance?
- Replies: 195
- Views: 2685
Re: What is tolerance?
No one knows. The purpose of the question is to rationally infer and show your work. In truth, almost all of the appeal to "justice" upon which so much relies today is parasitic on Lockean Protestant morality. Try it in Syria, or Cuba, or China, or animistic cultures, where that tradition...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
We are not told. But I see no justification in presupposing any pre-existent state of the soul, in Pantheist fashion or any other way.Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:41 am From your reading, when do you imagine souls are created?
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
None of this is arbitrary but founded no objective reality. If it's founded on no objective reality, then it IS arbitrary, by definition. But you also said that they are "not fabricated by men, nor socially engineered." So where do they come from, and why are we obligated to follow them? ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:26 am
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: What is tolerance?
- Replies: 195
- Views: 2685
Re: What is tolerance?
Because he was a great politician, do you think he would have used the same tactics of passive resistance if trying to separate from a culture untouched by the Age of Enlightenment, for instance, a culture intolerant of other religions? That's a good question that I don't know the answer to. No one...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
Morality begins with the act. I'm sorry -- I don't understand this claim. It might be right, in some sense, but it's too vague. Can you clear it up for me? Moral behaviours are necessary, and are not fabricated by men, nor socially engineered. Okay; that means you're a moral objectivist. I can acce...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
Not that you would be brave enough to clarify here ... Sorry, Age...I prefer to have a discussion partner who exhibits some modicum of ability to reason, and some tiny spirit of self-awareness. And I'm sorry to say, that's just not you, apparently. You've made that very, very clear from our previou...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
Anyway, back to your impact on eternity. Will your entry make any difference? Well, that question presupposes a misunderstanding of what salvation is. Salvation isn't just then ...it's already now . Jesus said: “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, ha...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:12 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
Anyway, back to your impact on eternity. Will your entry make any difference? Well, that question presupposes a misunderstanding of what salvation is. Salvation isn't just then ...it's already now . Jesus said: “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, ha...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
- Replies: 9646
- Views: 846430
Re: Is morality objective or subjective?
It's not certain that any material substance exists at all, as any idealist will tell you. You don't take that seriously. If you did, you wouldn't be typing to me, because you'd think I was a mere figment of your imagining. ...you think idealism and solipsism are synonyms... I do not, nor does anyt...