Questions tagged [moral-skepticism]
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The Self-Undermining Arguments from Disagreement
I recently watched this video (this paper seems to argue the same thing), where, near the end of the video, a very interesting argument against the Argument from Disagreement (where, moral skeptics ...
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According to Atheistic/Agnostic Worldviews, what is the basis for morality? [duplicate]
Western Societies have laws that prevent abhorrent acts like murder, rape, pedophilia, fraud, slavery, and other crimes from happening. These acts seem to be seen as "immoral", in other ...
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Why be moral and moral anti realism
If the only reason to be moral is a subjective preference (to be moral), not rational or irrational, then is morality subjective in the sense of mind dependent (as with e.g. expressivism)?
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Why expecting happiness while spending the least amount of effort rarely work in life?
The moral rules governing our lives can feel consistently real even though they cannot be explained by the laws of physics.
Taking drugs to make yourself happy. Having sex without an intended ...
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Moral Non-Realists Responses to Suffering
It seems to me that one possible grounding for objective morality is in the inherent badness of suffering.
Suffering is inherently bad, I believe, by definition, and non-instrumental suffering could ...
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Besides state punishment, are there any other reasons why one should not do crimes?
Committing crime can result in punishment by the judiciary.
Assuming extreme skepticism and that there is no flawless proof of an absolute goodness, are there any reasons that why one should not do ...
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Why would a God (who can bring back or look after the dead) have a reason to think murder is wrong? [closed]
Apologists for various religions often say murder is obviously wrong. That often tracks if you imagine from the perspective of a human. However, I don't see how that could possibly be what a God would ...
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Nietzsche's model of sociality in the ubermensch
As I understand it, Fredrich Nietzsche-- at least in the latest works he had scribed before his death-- was neither an advocate of antisocial nor prosocial passions. How he professes this position is ...
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Morality and Altruism: Can we ever escape self-interest and find virtue (as opposed to mere value) in acting 'morally'?
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Altruism: "Acting against the maximisation of one's self-interest for the sake of another or others and/or to satisfy a moral or ethical ideal".
Morality: "Principles ...
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Mackie's argument from queerness - identical argument can be made against universals?
So reading this argument for moral skepticism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_nihilism#Argument_from_queerness
It seems to me like the identical argument can be made against universals. Is this ...
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Is Group Suffering Worse than Individual Suffering?
There are two jails. Both employ torture of prisoners as a means to gain confessions.
Jail A has one prisoner. One guard tortures him.
Jail B has 1000 prisoners, all of whom are also tortured, each ...
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What is one’s incentive to be moral?
Assuming there is no afterlife, or whatever afterlife there is does not depend on the morality of my actions in this life, what is one’s incentive to be moral given basic rational self-interest is ...
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Is morality possible under mereological nihilism?
My understanding of mereological nihilism is that the only things that truly exist are fundamental particles. There are no humans, no planets, no stars, no animals, no trees, etc. There are only ...
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Do we have a moral obligation to be informed of the news?
I have been reading a debate that took place in a few parts, here: https://www.overthinkingit.com/2017/06/21/moral-obligation-read-news-part-1/
The debate mostly discusses whether we can choose to ...
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Could there be any situation justifies crime?
I think right and wrong depends on context especially because we live in a non-ideal society. It is a moral dilemma to decide how to act if we know we can't have what we need by rightful-legal way.
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