My favourite part of this overlong note; has anyone ever made the point I’m gesturing at re: approval/preference and moral judgment?:

“Forget about moral judgment for a second, and just think about preferences, pro-attitudes, etc. I disapprove of bullying because it’s harmful; I take it that you also disapprove of it because it’s harmful. And I say that if these are my grounds for disapproval, there is no reason why these should not also be my grounds for judging bullying to be wrong, at least prima facie. You might resist that move, thinking “Oh, but judging something to be wrong on world-involving, stance-independent grounds raises META-ETHICAL PROBLEMS (TM) that disapproving of it on world-involving, stance-independent grounds does not.” In which case I’d say [that] all of these purported “problems” are illusory.”