If goodness is subjective, then you can be right and I can be right, even if our views contradict one another. — Banno
But I took it that we were instead considering if someone says "Good is this". — Banno
so the rational conclusion is that they must all be false in spite of their apparent semantic content. — Moliere
Moral utterances aren't true or false, correct or incorrect. — Terrapin Station
"I prefer the behaviour in question, but it is not good".
"I approve: but it is still immoral".
— Banno
Both are incoherent. — Terrapin Station
...they are still things we are doing with words. — Moliere
What distinguishes a moral fact from other facts is the implied act. Don't kick the pup. SO it is true that we do something more with moral statements than other statements. — Banno
Then you seem to be in the rather odd position of claiming, say, that it is wrong to kick a puppy, but that it is not true that it is wrong to kick a puppy. — Banno
SO you can't comprehend that one might approve of an action which is immoral? — Banno
Aren't you at all familiar with noncognitivism/emotivism? "It is wrong to kick a puppy" is akin to "Boo to kicking puppies!" Boo, and alternately yay, are not true or false. — Terrapin Station
...you seem to be in the rather odd position of claiming, say, that it is wrong to kick a puppy, but that it is not true that it is wrong to kick a puppy. — Banno
the commonplace notion that moral statements are indeed statements. — Banno
goodness apparently does not track personal preferences. — Snakes Alive
If "It is good" means "I think it is good" why wouldn't you just say "I think it is good"? — Moliere
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