From: Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 12 1999 - 19:04:25 MST
hal@rain.org wrote:
>I don't agree. The real question is whether there is any meaning to the
>term "objective morality". I don't know a definition which avoids
>circularity.
>
>Objective morality: a system for telling which actions are moral.
>Moral: the quality of actions in keeping with objective morality.
Eh? Try this: The moral question asks "What should everyone do?"
Thus, a given moral code is a system for telling which action(s) we should
do. Morality answers the moral question defined above.
Subjective morality is a system that answers the moral question in such a
way that the answer depends on who asks.
Objective morality is a system that answers the moral question in such a
way that the answer does not depend on who asks.
-Dan
-GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-
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