In your metaethics, what does it mean for an ethical system to be “true”, then (put in quotations only because it is a vague term at the moment in need of definition)? Elizier’s metaethics has a good case for following a morality considered “true” in that it fits human intuitions- but if you abandon that where does it get you?
Deontology being in true in my meaning is something along the lines of god actually existing and there being a list of things he wants us to do, or a morality that is somehow inherent in the laws of physics that once we know enough about the universe everyone should follow. To me a morality that falls out of the balance between human (or sentients in general) preferences is more like utilitarianism.
In your metaethics, what does it mean for an ethical system to be “true”, then (put in quotations only because it is a vague term at the moment in need of definition)? Elizier’s metaethics has a good case for following a morality considered “true” in that it fits human intuitions- but if you abandon that where does it get you?
Deontology being in true in my meaning is something along the lines of god actually existing and there being a list of things he wants us to do, or a morality that is somehow inherent in the laws of physics that once we know enough about the universe everyone should follow. To me a morality that falls out of the balance between human (or sentients in general) preferences is more like utilitarianism.