What is a right action?

[Skepdick]

I hand you a box and I say, "There's a golf ball in this box."

You open the box and there's nothing in it. Which means that there's no golf ball.

That's certainly evidence that there's no golf ball in the box.

Except, with morality - you haven't opened the box.

But you are already claiming there's nothing inside.

[Terrapin Station]

Yeah it is.

Ok, well. Objectively, you are stupid.

What happened to you not even believing that you can observe other people? Now all of a sudden you're positing objective stuff?

[Terrapin Station]

I hand you a box and I say, "There's a golf ball in this box."

You open the box and there's nothing in it. Which means that there's no golf ball.

That's certainly evidence that there's no golf ball in the box.

Except, with morality - you haven't opened the box.

But you are already claiming there's nothing inside.

What are you thinking "the box" is?

[Skepdick]

What happened to you not even believing that you can observe other people? Now all of a sudden you're positing objective stuff?

What happened to understanding that I don't hold any beliefs?

I hold instruments for my objective moral goals.

[Skepdick]

What are you thinking "the box" is?

The home of morality.

[Terrapin Station]

What happened to understanding that I don't hold any beliefs?

One Age/creation/evolution is more than enough.

[Terrapin Station]

What are you thinking "the box" is?

The home of morality.

Which is?

[Skepdick]

Which is?

Every gap in your knowledge is a potential box.

Least you are claiming that your knowledge is complete.

[Skepdick]

One Age/creation/evolution is more than enough.

One subjective moralist is one too many.

[Terrapin Station]

Every gap in your knowledge is a potential box.

That's what the home of morality is?

[Skepdick]

That's what the home of morality is?

How would you know otherwise?

[Terrapin Station]

That's what the home of morality is?

How would you know that it isn't?

I'm not making a statement, I'm asking you a question about what you're proposing.

[Skepdick]

I'm not making a statement, I'm asking you a question about what you're proposing.

I am not proposing anything.

I am pointing out that you are making claims that you have no basis for making.

Unless you are omniscient.

[Terrapin Station]

I'm not making a statement, I'm asking you a question about what you're proposing.

I am not proposing anything.

I am pointing out that you are making claims that you have no basis for making.

Unless you are omniscient.

You said, "The home of morality."
I'm asking you about that.

[Skepdick]

You said, "The home of morality."
I'm asking you about that.

What about it?

I am simply pointing out that you have found no evidence for morality.
You haven't found evidence for no morality.

If you don't understand the difference I'll use an analogy.

To claim that there is no needle in a haystack you have to examine the entire haystack.

You haven't examined the entire haystack, but you are claiming that there is no needle.

Where's the home of the needle? In the haystack!