Philip Goff (@philipgoff): "It's about order of explanation. I agree moral realists want to act on the stance-independent moral truths. But I think they want to do so *because* they believe these are the things we (stance-independently) ought to do. Furthermore I think that in many cases they believe they…"

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It's about order of explanation. I agree moral realists want to act on the stance-independent moral truths. But I think they want to do so *because* they believe these are the things we (stance-independently) ought to do.

Furthermore I think that in many cases they believe they ought to X because it is objectively true that they ought to x. In these cases motivation bottoms out in the objective value facts.

Lance S. Bush

I don't think realists have to have hidden motives like a desire for fame, but it is not clear to me how they could be motivated to act on what they take the stance-independent moral truths to be unless they wanted to do so in some way. This isn't so much a metaphysical principle as it is a recognition of what motivation is: motivation i…

Jun 22

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