Surely only statements can be right or wrong? — Purple Pond
If there is a purpose to morality, such as a healthy and functioning society — Purple Pond
It's the only way we can survive and thrive in.What's the purpose of a healthy and functioning society? — Noble Dust
So you won't be held responsible when it collapses.What's the purpose of building a house the right way? — Noble Dust
So they can grow up to be educated people and hold decent jobs.What's the purpose of teaching math the right way to kids, and what's the purpose of wanting kids to learn? — Noble Dust
So why is stealing wrong? It depends on the point of morality. If morality serves to keep society functioning, then stealing is wrong because society can't function if everybody stole from each other.
What do you think? What's the point of morality? Do you see any problems with interpreting morality based on purpose? (Just and idea I want to test.) — Purple Pond
What's the purpose of all these questions? — Purple Pond
You're sure this is true? I can think of examples where you should do acts that aren't wrong if you don't. For example, you should brush your teeth twice a day, but there isn't anything wrong if you don't. Or, there's a really delicious donut at this bakery you should try it, but it's not because it's the right thing to do.I think asking why something is right or wrong can be essentially the same thing as asking why you should(n't) do this act. — darthbarracuda
For someone coming from an intuitionist angle, asking why we ought to be moral is an incoherent question. Morality is binding and universal; you ought to do what morality asks of you because that's what you ought to do. — darthbarracuda
Only if you conflate good and desirable with right and wrong, which I already gave reasons to doubt.Ultimately, "justifying" morality by appealing to its function in social stability only pushes the question back, since social stability must thus be seen as good, desirable, in a moral sense. — darthbarracuda
You're sure this is true? I can think of examples where you should do acts that aren't wrong if you don't. For example, you should brush your teeth twice a day, but there isn't anything wrong if you don't. Or, there's a really delicious donut at this bakery you should try it, but it's not because it's the right thing to do. — Purple Pond
Then we don't necessarily disagree. For you the whole purpose of morality is to tell us what we ought to do. (not merely because of how society functions.) Doing what's right is acting in accordance to that purpose. — Purple Pond
So why is stealing wrong? — Purple Pond
How can actions be wrong? Surely only statements can be right or wrong? — Purple Pond
Is morality objective? — Purple Pond
Thou someone somewhere sometime if they saw the house might say it is built "wrong" thou I'd prefer "poorly", if we survive I should think the house was rather well built. — Seastar
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