Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:31 pm
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:06 am
Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:12 am
Not one of the above - or the assertions they imply - entails the conclusion: therefore killing humans is morally wrong. In each case, that conclusion has to be assumed as a premise, which begs the question. (You do understand what begging the question means?)
Note I mentioned the above is merely intuitive and is sufficient to give one a
hint of the existence of the moral fact, humans killing of humans is morally wrong.
What question is there to beg, the above is not a proper argument with a definite conclusion.
Nonsense. Here's your argument:
The majority of humans regard the killing of humans by humans as morally wrong; therefore the killing of humans by humans IS morally wrong.
That's a proper argument with a definite conclusion - a conclusion that begs the question, because it assumes that what the majority of humans regard as morally wrong is indeed morally wrong. And that's demonstrably false, because it could be - and often has been - the case that what the majority of humans regard as morally wrong is not be morally wrong.
You are the one who is talking nonsense and ignorant of classical logic.
I am familiar [not an expert] with logic.
If I agree with the fomulation of YOUR argument, I would be committing a
fallacy of ad populum.
However do you dispute the points I raised for an intuitive assessment?
When I hear an appeal to intuition, I reach for my metaphorical revolver - because it's always the last resort of the intellectually defeated - just like the appeal to faith.
What we need is evidence and sound argument, not intuition.
Again your knowledge is shallow and narrow.
You think I am that stupid to appeal to merely intuition as a final conclusion but it is you that is the ignorant one.
Note in the above I stated clearly the intuitive assessment merely give a
hint, not a conclusive argument.
Note the normal process to Justified True [Moral] Belief within a moral framework and system.
- 1. First we review and analyze what is experienced and our intuition on the matter.
2. From our intuition we use abductive reasoning to form a problem statement.
3. Therefrom we formulate a hypothesis
4. We then rely on Inductive reasoning and induction to verify and justify the hypothesis to a thesis.
5. The thesis is a factual conclusion of a supposedly qualified moral fact.
To be conclusive we need the verify and justify the hypothesis empirically and philosophically.
So what is wrong with the above?
Is any of the points irrational or nonsensical? if so, which one.
I believe the above points are already empirically evident and others are very empirically possible to be true.
Wake up. Your factual assertions may be true. But even if they are, they don't entail the moral conclusion.
You keep forgetting the essential of a moral framework and system that contribute to moral facts. Note again;
There are Moral Facts
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To arrive at a moral conclusion, I mentioned this in another thread;
The process;
1. First, from empirical evidences we verify and justify there are moral facts within a moral framework and system. 'Slavery is evil is a moral fact'
2. The moral fact is thus a standard or norms, slavery is morally wrong i.e. 'no human ought to enslave another'
3. Thus if any act is a non-compliance to the norm, then the act is morally wrong.
Note;
9. Would you agree the majority of all 'normal' humans on Earth would regard humans killing of human as wrong in general.
What is the possibility of the above being TOTALLY or highly false?
in contrast to say if I state 'unicorns exist.'
As I've shown, the truth-value of a factual assertion made to justify a moral conclusion IS NOT THE ISSUE. Even if it's true, it doesn't and can't entail the moral conclusion. How many times?
I have mentioned a '1000' times there are moral facts and moral conclusion.
Note the above, how any act is recognized as morally wrong within a moral framework and system.
Try answering your own question.
Could it be that the fact that what we call water is what we call a compound of what we call oxygen and hydrogen - so that, in chemistry, the factual assertion 'water is H2O' is true, simply because it correctly asserts a state of affairs that exists whether or not we describe it in that way?
- And that a moral assertion, such as 'killing people is morally wrong' doesn't have the same function?
Could that be why constructing a moral system and framework is nothing like constructing a chemistry system and framework?
Nope!
Yes 'water is H2O' is true
in relation [conditioned] to a supposed state of affairs, but that is only
conditioned upon the Chemistry FSK which is independent of personal opinions and beliefs.
But 'water is H20' is not ABSOLUTELY true independent of a Chemistry FSK.
Constructing a moral framework and system is the same as constructing a scientific framework & system and any other FSKs. The difference is only in the quality, credibility of its outputs.
NO, IT IS NOT THE SAME. And why? I know, just for fun, why don't you work out what you think my answer is to that question? It would be interesting to see if you can explain my argument, even though you disagree with it. It might help you to sharpen up your argument.
I know full well of your position which is that of Philosophical Realism which state,
Your 'water is H20' is of a feature of reality [that supposedly fact] that is independent from conceptuality, i.e. the factual assertion, personal opinions and beliefs. In a way, your water is "water-as-fact" [or water-in-itself], regardless of whatever name it is called.
Can you confirm that is your position?
But I have argued Philosophical Realism and the position you hold is not really realistic.
This is one point I really want to trash out because I believe you are arguing from a very shallow and narrow view.
Btw, do you understand [not necessary agree with] fully the contented issues between Philosophical Realism versus Philosophical Anti-Realism [mine - Empirical Realism].
I believe you are the one who need to step up on philosophical knowledge, not me.
There you go again.
Yes, the facts of the sources I listed by themselves do not have moral elements.
Note I mentioned above, but when adopted via a moral framework and system with others, they are moral facts and thus has moral objectivity just like what is done with the specific facts of the legal, medicine, history, geography, etc. FSK.
E.g. the legal fact within a legal framework that X is a convicted rapist is because of the scientific confirmation that his exclusive-DNA is found in the raped victim. This scientific fact could be the most significant evidence [say 80% weightage] together with other lesser evidences that confirmed he is the rapist.
Can you see the above as analogy with moral facts within a moral framework and system in relying upon scientific evidences and from other sources.
So there are moral facts within a moral framework and system to be used as a standard to determine whether supposed moral acts by people are morally right or morally wrong.
That someone raped someone isn't a moral fact. It's just an historical fact that science can confirm, and that may be legally punishable. The assertion 'rape is morally wrong' expresses a value-judgement about rape - not a fact about rape. If we were to list the facts about rape, we wouldn't add 'rape is morally wrong' to the list, because that isn't a factual assertion about rape.
You missed my point.
In the above I was not arguing 'someone raped is a moral fact'.
I stated that X was convicted of rape is a legal fact as conditioned upon a legal FSK. Of course, it is also a historical fact because it happened in the past. Anything of the past is historical.
My point was, most FSKs adopt facts from other FSKs in generating their specific facts.
Example, the legal FSKs adopt scientific & other facts in generating legal facts as in rape cases.
Thus the moral FSK also adopt scientific facts in generating moral facts; in this case I would refer to the moral FSK adopting neuroscientific facts to general moral facts, e.g. 'no killing of humans'.
If I were to argue rape is morally wrong, then it will have to go through the above process, i.e.
The process;
1. First, from empirical evidences we verify and justify there are moral facts within a moral framework and system. 'Rape is evil is a moral fact'
2. The moral fact is thus a standard or norms, Rape is morally wrong i.e. 'no human ought to rape another'
3. Thus if any act [rape] is a non-compliance to the norm, then the act [rape] is morally wrong.