tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post1217800190527418081..comments2024-03-28T17:08:15.784-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Ethical Theories: A ClassificationLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-44873330585298794052011-06-09T14:06:51.189-07:002011-06-09T14:06:51.189-07:00I'm not confusing, indeed I pointed it here:
...I'm not confusing, indeed I pointed it here:<br /><br />"From a philosophical point of view I can only find moral nihilism right, as ethics do not have any ontological meaning."<br /><br />I can't find any possible objective construction for ethics in a metaphysical way. So I'm a moral nihilist. But I'm a materialist, and from that point of view ethics is an absurd, as it's a metaphysical concept. <br /><br />However I find that philosophical constructions for ethics come somewhat natural as a cause of that adaptive behaviour. It's just a more complex and mannered expression of it, due to a more developed culture.Ignaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082008115484199316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-14016778598039432902011-06-09T13:22:40.808-07:002011-06-09T13:22:40.808-07:00Ayn Rand's ethical system is a combination of ...Ayn Rand's ethical system is a combination of virtue ethics, natural rights and consequentialism. But I would classify her into virtue ethics.ivanfoofoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899286403907746852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-84237252509829805952011-06-09T06:50:35.152-07:002011-06-09T06:50:35.152-07:00So morality does not exist as an objective reality...<i>So morality does not exist as an objective reality, but actually is a creation of evolution as an adaptive strategy, but has a strong cultural influence (as culture is, also, an adaptive strategy).</i><br /><br />Our <i>moral instincts</i> are a creation of evolution as an adaptive strategy.<br /><br />But the question of whether there is a consistent and justifiable objective moral theory is a very different question.<br /><br />Don't confuse<br /><br />(1) the mere evolutionary explanation of human moral instincts, with<br /><br />(2) objective philosophical moral theories.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-14161670332439606272011-06-09T06:03:24.483-07:002011-06-09T06:03:24.483-07:00From a philosophical point of view I can only find...From a philosophical point of view I can only find moral nihilism right, as ethics do not have any ontological meaning.<br /><br />But from a positivist point of view, the scientific approach of evolutionary ethics (which can be linked to moral relativism) is more correct.<br /><br />So morality does not exist as an objective reality, but actually is a creation of evolution as an adaptive strategy, but has a strong cultural influence (as culture is, also, an adaptive strategy).<br /><br />It's an interesting matter.Ignaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082008115484199316noreply@blogger.com