Tag: metaethics
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A realization of the contradiction I’ve committed so far
The following suddenly came to my mind yesterday while driving to the swimming pool: I am a staunch moral realist (moral facts exist and we have access to the truth through reason), yet I think moral reasoning takes some degrees of religiosity, or faith. This is problematic because, in the post about fate and God,…
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On What Constitutes a Moral Character
While standing in formation for the graduation formal, my peer asked how much I drank. When I told him I seldom drink, he complimented me on my high moral character. This struck me as odd because seldom drinking is a mere predilection for me. I simply like the feeling of being sober better than that…