redmartian89 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm trying to explain Objectivism to my friend Sam, but he seems a bit confused on the topic of objective morality. How would you explain to him the concept of how objective morality is defined? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KendallJ Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 What position is he starting from? Why does it confuse him? That might be a place to start formulating a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidOdden Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm trying to explain Objectivism to my friend Sam, but he seems a bit confused on the topic of objective morality.I'd start with simpler things. What is "morality"? What does "objective" refer to? A lot of people think that morality refers to "acting uptight and religious" and only vaguely have the idea that it's about some kind of principles (of course, called "rules" as in "arbitrary moral rules handed down by whoever"). If you can get the conversation going on the topic of acting on the basis of principles, then you have the main hook into asking what principles to follow and how you know what the principles are (that is, there's a connection to actual, objective fact). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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