New one from @lanceindependent.bsky.social is up and well worth the read.
While his focus is on normativity, I think all this translates really well to the sort of "objective value" talk common in apologetics.
I wish more philosophers would seriously engage with Lance's ideas.
Lance Independent || Moral realism: winning converts or fashionable trend?
www.lanceindependent.com/p/moral-realism-winning-...
This is not true for several reasons. First, it could strongly seem to you to be that way, but you could reject how things seem. Second, you could think this is true but consistent with physicalism. Also, I more or less do endorse there isn't more to it than this, but I'm not a physicalist.
Is psychopathy a zombie idea? Check out my discussion with Rasmus Larsen:
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No. Moral realism is the position that there are stance-independent moral facts. Naturalism is a specific form of moral realism which holds that those stance-independent moral facts are natural facts, meaning (roughly) that they are consistent with the natural sciences (like atoms).
Some features of English best accord with a subjectivist interpretation of ordinary moral language. I discuss this with Nils Franzen here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUfH...
I'll check it out. Thanks.
Is it this one? Broome, J. (2021). Giving reasons and given reasons. Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit, 209-308.
Yea, Parfit is one of the people I have in mind with the post. This talk of reasons simpliciter is, I think, simply confused.
New post on why I don't think there are irreducibly normative reasons:
www.lanceindependent.com/p/there-are-...
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Really enjoyed talking to @lanceindependent.bsky.social face to face. My first philosophy stream! Lance was a great host, my apologies for the poor audio on my end, especially the first half. www.youtube.com/live/z6OFkWz...
Lance Bush @lanceindependent.bsky.social and I wrote a takedown of "intuitions" as a normatively-laden concept deserving justificatory weight out of the gate. It's past time to give that notion the heave-ho.
open.substack.com/pub/lanceind...
Really? I mostly encounter moral realists. Where are all the antirealists at?
Nah.
I don't believe moral realism is true. Why do we have to believe it is true?
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Weirdly, I can't seem to locate the paper. How do I find it? It's not turning up in literally any search results or me at all.
Hahahahaha we’re fucked.
My blog is back! Stan Patton and I wrote our most recent piece on intuitions, which may put an end to the intuition wars on Substack for good (they won't, but one can dream):
www.lanceindependent.com/p/the-intuit...
Stan did the bulk of the work here, as well as creating all the images.
What I’d like to see philosophers do is taboo the use of “intuition” when writing essays or having conversations for a while, and see how that goes. What do you end up having to do to clarify what you are saying? I suspect the answer would be very informative.
There was this old suggestion from the rationality community from back in the day where you “taboo” a word (and any obvious synonym). This can put pressure on you to get clear about what you mean.
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Correct.
Hell yea I second that one.
Have you read Neil Sinclair's paper on the presumption in favor of realism? (Assuming that's what you are referring to)
About what? Evolutionary debunking arguments or metaethics in general?
I defend the indeterminacy thesis with respect to the meaning of ordinary moral claims: specifically, ordinary moral claims do not best fit a realist or antirealist analysis.
As a result, all standard metaethical positions in the realism/antirealism disputes are mistaken.
The notion of normative "reasons" commonly employed by analytic philosophers is meaningless, as is the notion of irreducible normativity.
As a result, standard forms of non-naturalist moral realism aren't even false; they are not even an intelligible position.
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