Concept tag
#moral-disagreement
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Holding firm on religion and ethics while deferring on arithmetic is a failure of nerve
Most people are conciliationists about arithmetic. If an equally competent friend gets a different answer to a sum, you check, and until you do, you are less confident. Almost nobody is a conciliationist about religion, ethics or politics. We know perfectly well…
Started by Ethan Mercer6 replies -
Truth as ‘what inquiry converges on’ breaks down exactly where we most need it: ethics
Peirce wrote, in 1878, that the opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate is what we mean by the truth. I find that a beautiful idea for physics. Scientists disagree, run experiments, and over time opinions…
Started by Ethan Mercer6 replies -
Moral disputes are disagreements in attitude, not in belief, once the facts are agreed
I want to defend a view that comes from Charles Stevenson, who distinguished disagreement in belief from disagreement in attitude. Two engineers who disagree about whether a bridge will bear a load disagree in belief. One of them is wrong, and a…
Started by Pieter van Dijkhuizen5 replies