Is it actually? As far as I’m aware, it doesn’t really make any statements that anything is moral or immoral, nor is it a framework that could be used to determine such things by itself, more so a statement on the validity of such things. Or in other word, is it really a moral thesis, or is it a thesis about moral thesis?
You could argue that moral relativism is a metaethical thesis and so is not straight away self-defeating. Even so, moral relativists often go on to claim that we shouldn’t judge the moral acts of other cultures based on what we take to be universal moral standards. Because, get this, it would be wrong to do so.
I’m not sure it’s the SAME but if there were a system of created ethics that were able to speak to everything and do so consistently… Wouldn’t we know?
Is it actually? As far as I’m aware, it doesn’t really make any statements that anything is moral or immoral, nor is it a framework that could be used to determine such things by itself, more so a statement on the validity of such things. Or in other word, is it really a moral thesis, or is it a thesis about moral thesis?
Yeah I don’t understand the point the meme is trying to make
You could argue that moral relativism is a metaethical thesis and so is not straight away self-defeating. Even so, moral relativists often go on to claim that we shouldn’t judge the moral acts of other cultures based on what we take to be universal moral standards. Because, get this, it would be wrong to do so.
I’m not smart enough to understand anything in this conversation, but “Metaethical” seems like it would be a good metal band name
This sounds like Goedels theorem. How could a philosophy be consistent and have an opinion about every moral topic?
I’m not sure morality would have the same problems with recursion that math has.
I’m not sure it’s the SAME but if there were a system of created ethics that were able to speak to everything and do so consistently… Wouldn’t we know?
Yooo. You are onto something here.
You’re on the right track here. It’s a metaethical claim, not a moral one.