I’ve found that all ethical systems are counterintuitive in some ways
Might this not be an argument against systematizing ethics? What data do we have other than our (and others’) moral intuitions? If no ethical systems can fully capture these intuitions, maybe ethical systematization is a mistake.
Do you think there is some positive argument for systematization that overrides this concern?
Not systematizing ethics runs into the same problem—it’s counterintuitive, because it seems that ethics should be possible to systematize, that there’s a principle behind why some things are right and others are wrong. Also, it means there’s no good way to determine what should be done in a new situation, or to evaluate whether what is being currently done is right or wrong.
Might this not be an argument against systematizing ethics? What data do we have other than our (and others’) moral intuitions? If no ethical systems can fully capture these intuitions, maybe ethical systematization is a mistake.
Do you think there is some positive argument for systematization that overrides this concern?
To lay my cards on the table, I’m fairly convinced by moral particularism.
Not systematizing ethics runs into the same problem—it’s counterintuitive, because it seems that ethics should be possible to systematize, that there’s a principle behind why some things are right and others are wrong. Also, it means there’s no good way to determine what should be done in a new situation, or to evaluate whether what is being currently done is right or wrong.