[extropy-chat] Re: Moral Relativism

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> John-C-Wright at sff.net wrote:
> > Once they reach an answer in their moral calculation
> >(either a good one or a bad one) the objectivists will hold that the
> >stepfather ought to do what he ought BECAUSE it is his duty,
> > regardless of whether it is his desire or not. The subjective
> > component of decision, desire, falls out of the equation. 
> >
> Not really, because you have not examined why one feels 'duty bound'.

Am I correct, Dirk, in saying your argument is that there is no
difference between one persons desire to live morally and another
persons desire to live licentiously, that both lifestyles are
desire-based?

The problem is that one involves the application of reason to structure
ones life, while the other is merely a base reaction to ones
instinctual urges without reasoning, reflection, introspection.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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