So many disagreements… Moral philosophy is not functionally useful: it just enumerates all the ways one could agree to disagree. It doesn’t actually answer any questions, it just lists and categorizes the possible answers and arguments, including things like disagreeing whether a moral question even has an answer (that’s Realism vs Antirealism for you).
Are there any more practical alternatives that might interest a rationalist? Yes, there are. I wrote an entire sequence about them. Rather than my trying to sketch them here, go read that, comment on and discuss it.
So many disagreements… Moral philosophy is not functionally useful: it just enumerates all the ways one could agree to disagree. It doesn’t actually answer any questions, it just lists and categorizes the possible answers and arguments, including things like disagreeing whether a moral question even has an answer (that’s Realism vs Antirealism for you).
Are there any more practical alternatives that might interest a rationalist? Yes, there are. I wrote an entire sequence about them. Rather than my trying to sketch them here, go read that, comment on and discuss it.