Is morality objective or subjective?

Should you think about your duty, or about the consequences of your actions? Or should you concentrate on becoming a good person?

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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:07 pm If you have no idea what even that word refers to, then you're not worth talking to.
Of course I have an idea.

Convince me that you are referring to the same thing I am referring to.

Define it.
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:07 pm If you have no idea what even that word refers to, then you're not worth talking to.
Of course I have an idea.

Convince me that you do.
because?
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm because?
Because maybe you aren't referring to the same thing I am referring to.

Define it.
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:18 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm because?
Because maybe you aren't referring to the same thing I am referring to.
What would suggest this?
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:19 pm What would suggest this?
The absence of evidence to the affirmative.
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:20 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:19 pm What would suggest this?
The absence of evidence to the affirmative.
What would count as evidence of the affirmative?
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:21 pm What would count as evidence of the affirmative?
A definition might be a good start.
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:21 pm What would count as evidence of the affirmative?
A definition might be a good start.
Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.
Nobody is asking you to define every single term.

I only asked you for one.
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:23 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.
Nobody is asking you to define every single term.

I only asked you for one.
What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:24 pm What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)
What would be sufficient?
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:27 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:24 pm What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)
What would be sufficient?
Completely different behavior from you over a length of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:28 pm Completely different behavior from you over a legnth of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.
That has been satisfied then.

Define "good".
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Skepdick wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:29 pm
Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:28 pm Completely different behavior from you over a legnth of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.
That has been satisfied then.

Define "good".
This is an example of the behavior that's an issue.
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Terrapin Station wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:30 pm This is an example of the behavior that's an issue.
Why?
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