“And I mention this in hopes that I can show that it is not moral anti-realism to say that moral statements take their truth-value from logical entities.”. If you do care about reason, you can therefore be reasoned into morality.
In any case, it is no argument against moral objectivism/realism that some people don;’t “get” it. Maths sets up
universal truths, which can be recognised by those capable of recognising them. That some don;t recognise them
doesn;t stop them being objective.
You can spend your energy on condemnation if you wish. It doesn’t sound like the most efficient use of my time. It is highly unlikely that political activism (which is what condemnation is about, either implicitly or explicitly) against any particular evil is the optimal way for me to do ‘good’.
“Anyone can be reasoned into doing that which would fulfill the most and strongest of current desires. However, what fulfills current desires is not necessarily the same thing as what is right.”
You seem to be overlooking the desire to be (seen to be) reasonable in itself.
“Anyone can be reasoned into doing what is right with enough argumentation”
...is probably false. But if reasoning and condemnation both modify bechaviour, however imperfectly, why not
use both?
He also said:
“And I mention this in hopes that I can show that it is not moral anti-realism to say that moral statements take their truth-value from logical entities.”. If you do care about reason, you can therefore be reasoned into morality.
In any case, it is no argument against moral objectivism/realism that some people don;’t “get” it. Maths sets up universal truths, which can be recognised by those capable of recognising them. That some don;t recognise them doesn;t stop them being objective.
You do not reason with evil. You condemn it.
I subscribe to desirism. So I’m not a strict anti-realist.
You can spend your energy on condemnation if you wish. It doesn’t sound like the most efficient use of my time. It is highly unlikely that political activism (which is what condemnation is about, either implicitly or explicitly) against any particular evil is the optimal way for me to do ‘good’.
“Anyone can be reasoned into doing that which would fulfill the most and strongest of current desires. However, what fulfills current desires is not necessarily the same thing as what is right.”
You seem to be overlooking the desire to be (seen to be) reasonable in itself.
“Anyone can be reasoned into doing what is right with enough argumentation”
...is probably false. But if reasoning and condemnation both modify bechaviour, however imperfectly, why not use both?
How does that differ from virtue ethics?