The basis is how individuals reason. Not everyone reasons the same way. — Terrapin Station
But a rational argument (referencing science no less) can be and has been used to defend inequality.
I'm not saying that reason has no role in achieving justice, but morality in general does not proceed from it.
The fireman risks his own life to save a child. Reason doesn't ground that action. Agree? — frank
rational argument could be one which reasons validly from unsound premises, to be sure. But the ideal of reason is that it be free of bias, and I would say that any argument for inequality could not count as being free from bias. — Janus
The fireman saving the child could be driven by either emotion or principle, I would say. — Janus
incapable of addressing the argument rather than the arguer. — Bartricks
So a biased scientist isn't rational? Einstein was very biased. He wasnt being rational? — frank
The OP needs for all morality to proceed from reason. Do you think it does? — frank
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