I don’t say that any given concept is reasonable for all purposes, just that any concept has a very specific intended meaning, at the moment it’s considered. The concept of morality can be characterized as, roughly, referring to human-like preference, or aggregate preference of humanity-like collections of individual preferences—this is a characterization resilient to some measure of ambiguity in interpretation. The concepts themselves can’t be negotiated, they are set in stone by their intended meaning, though a different concept may be better for a given purpose.
I don’t say that any given concept is reasonable for all purposes, just that any concept has a very specific intended meaning, at the moment it’s considered. The concept of morality can be characterized as, roughly, referring to human-like preference
I don’t say that any given concept is reasonable for all purposes, just that any concept has a very specific intended meaning, at the moment it’s considered. The concept of morality can be characterized as, roughly, referring to human-like preference, or aggregate preference of humanity-like collections of individual preferences—this is a characterization resilient to some measure of ambiguity in interpretation. The concepts themselves can’t be negotiated, they are set in stone by their intended meaning, though a different concept may be better for a given purpose.
Thanks! That actually helped a lot.