Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Article: Moral scepticism versus Sam Harris's moral realism – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


Moral scepticism versus Sam Harris's moral realism – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/01/28/3123581.htm

Moral judgments are not, in that sense, objectively binding. They do not state truths of reason or facts about the world, even if they purport to. But this does not make morality just arbitrary or capable of taking any form, and it does not prevent us developing coherent, rational critiques of various systems of laws or customs or moral rules, or persuading others to adopt our critiques.


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---SPSmith

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