The idea of abstraction is generaly a consequential formulation. A thing is an abstraction when its predicts the same consequences as a system produces. Abstraction of moral values would need exactly “moral judgements about an action at different levels of abstraction” to behave properly as collections.
The idea of abstraction is generaly a consequential formulation. A thing is an abstraction when its predicts the same consequences as a system produces. Abstraction of moral values would need exactly “moral judgements about an action at different levels of abstraction” to behave properly as collections.