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If you can't explain your reasoning, it's more likely that your decision/position is based on instinct, feeling, emotion, intuition, or just following the crowd, instead of rational/critical thinking.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 29/09/2022 11:27:11If you can't explain your reasoning, it's more likely that your decision/position is based on instinct, feeling, emotion, intuition, or just following the crowd, instead of rational/critical thinking.My reasoning is that I see no universal moral standard. If you disagree, could you tell me what the universal moral standard is?
Correction to what I say at 6 minutes 54 seconds: There's no evidence that Peter Thiel has financially supported the Future of Life Institute. He has merely expressed sympathy for the idea of longtermism. Sorry about that. Longtermism is a currently popular philosophy among rich people like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Jaan Tallinn. What do they believe and what are the pros and cons? I sort it out for you.
By definition, morality is about distinguishing between good and bad things.
Any distinction between them depends on the terminal goal of the one making moral judgment. By identifying the universal terminal goal, you can find the universal moral standard.
Good and bad is subjective, so there is no universal moral standard.
Since there is no terminal goal, there is no universal moral standard.
Here is the truth table for universal terminal goal.1 in the left column means that there is something called a goal, while 0 means denial of it.The middle column classifies the goals in time domain. 1 means there are terminal goals, while 0 means all goals are temporary/instrumental.The right column classifies the goals in spatial domain. 1 means there are universal goals, while 0 means all goals are partial.x in the bottom row means that their values are meaningless, since the existence of goals have already been denied.
By definition, morality is about distinguishing between good and bad things. Any distinction between them depends on the terminal goal of the one making moral judgment.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 29/09/2022 15:30:52By definition, morality is about distinguishing between good and bad things. Any distinction between them depends on the terminal goal of the one making moral judgment.No. It depends on your definition of good.
adjective1.to be desired or approved of."a good quality of life"2.having the qualities required for a particular role."the schools here are good"noun1.that which is morally right; righteousness."a mysterious balance of good and evil"2.benefit or advantage to someone or something."he convinces his father to use his genius for the good of mankind"
Every one of which is subjective, local, probably short-term, or circular ("that which is moraly right"). I don't see any universality there.
Definitions in dictionaries are based on common usage. They may change from time to time. It means that dictionary authors work through analogical thinking. Getting to something universal needs thinking from first principles.
Problem is that when you put them all together, I can't see how the thing you are looking for can exist. Think "square circles."
You have presented nothing that even hints at an universal moral standard.
But I've also written deductive reasoning to come into conclusion about universal morality based on universal terminal goal
You can start by rereading my thread on the universal terminal goal from page 3 onwards.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 20/11/2022 21:33:22You can start by rereading my thread on the universal terminal goal from page 3 onwards.So I guess you can't answer my questions?