robinhood...rohan
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However, one's feelings about such matters are often quite different--or at least my feelings are.
Our feelings are often untrustworthy. Humans are illogical beings by default and having feelings during an act of decision making, especially in a very limited time frame, is like trying to toss a bucket of liquid into fire not knowing what the liquid is. It could be water or it could be some kind of flammable chemical.
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I FEEL that moral judgements, or certain moral judgements, are quite real--not subjective at all.
Give me an example and we can go from there.
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The question is whether these strong feelings we have matter--i.e., whether they are an indication that, though we cannot build a case, that perhaps some moral judgements and some aesthetic judgements are after all objective.
I'm not sure I understand your question, if there is one.
Yes, feelings affect how people decide on moral issues. But since, as I stated before, decision making based on feelings is like tossing an unknown liquid into fire with the hope of retarding the fire from spreading, it is never objective.
Does this mean that moral judgements cannot be objective? My gut instinct tells me to wait on that one.
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