By your standard it's what's right in what sense?
If you're just saying that it's what you prefer, then why should I do what you prefer? — Terrapin Station
In the moral sense, if we're talking about morality — S
First, we were talking about word usage. — Terrapin Station
The moral sense of "it's right" is that it's how you feel about interpersonal behavior, the behavior that you'd prefer.
Moral shoulds (rather than, say, conditional shoulds--conditional shoulds being that "if S wants y, S should do x, because that will give S y") are just a way of saying that you'd prefer if everyone behaved how you prefer . . . which of course makes sense, given what preferences are. There's nothing more to moral "shoulds" than that. — Terrapin Station
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