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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
In early versions of these theories it was suggested that only a demand for consistency set any limits on the classes of actions to which words such as 'morally good' or 'morally bad' could be applied. So the extra feature supposedly involved in moral judgement could stand on its own, ready to form the core of alien moral systems confronting, or even directly contradicting, our own; if no linguistic device existed for expressing 'moral approval' or 'moral disapproval' in their purity, this was held to be merely an accident of language. Thus these early theories were radically subjectivist, allowing the possibility even of bizarre so-called 'moral judgements' about the wrongness of running around trees right-handed or looking at hedgehogs in the light of the moon, and so opening up limitless possibilities of irresolvable moral conflict. Nowadays it is commonly admitted, I believe, that there is some content restriction on what can intelligibly be said to be a system of morality.
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This is pretty much what I was trying to say about some things simply not being worth considering as they detract from the debate.
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PKFFW