From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 18:07:56 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
>
> No. I can't agree that we should agree to say that morality
> exists---that's really going too far. It clearly all comes
> down to what people approve of and what they don't approve of.
I am not so sure of that. I think it is reasonable to speak of
morality being objective if it is based upon the nature of human
beings and human beings as social creatures in particular. That
which is moral is that which strengthens and enable human beings
individually and collectively, that brings them greater peace,
productivity, well being and however other many good things you
might list. Now, is this list objective or not might be a
reasonable question and it might not. We can't easily quantify
some of the things that might exist on that list. But I believe
we could compose a reasonable list that almost all would include
as part of the "good" that a rational morality should increase.
If morality is grounded in the facts of human nature and of what
is required from humans to function well together then it is
objectively based imho.
- samantha
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