Comment on Philosophy meme
BluesF@feddit.uk 8 months agoMoral “progress” only happens because of our collective judgement of what is right changing over time.
Comment on Philosophy meme
BluesF@feddit.uk 8 months agoMoral “progress” only happens because of our collective judgement of what is right changing over time.
BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I expect this response despite the indication of its issue. Were nazi’s morally rigtheous in gassing millions of innocent people to death because they believed so? At that time that was their ‘progress.’ Independent of other socities or yourself having any issue, it’s simply fine to say that because a nazi thinks it’s fine, it is fine?
I don’t think so, and I don’t think that is dependant on my preference. It just is wrong.
BluesF@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Of course the Nazis weren’t right by our standards, and of course they were/are by their own. But by what universal standard can we judge their morality against ours? How can we know that what we think is right is the objective morality?
Saying “it just is” really just means “I think so”, and it there’s as much reasonable backing for you to say it “just is” wrong to be a nazi as it is for someone to say it “just is” wrong to be gay.