Re: [sl4] normative language is rational

From: Stathis Papaioannou (stathisp@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 14 2009 - 02:03:08 MST


2009/2/14 Johnicholas Hines <johnicholas.hines@gmail.com>:

> You should not kill and eat people because (justification).
> You ought not to kill and eat people because (justification).
> You have a duty to avoid killing and eating people because (justification).
> It is immoral to kill and eat people because (justification).
> It is unethical to to kill and eat people because (justification).

In response to all these statements the question can be asked, "and
why is that wrong?" In the final analysis we end up with an
irreducible ethical principle, "it's wrong because it's wrong".

-- 
Stathis Papaioannou


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