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Fallacy_Spotted t1_ivapfkj wrote

Reply to comment by bumharmony in Michael Shermer argues that science can determine many of our moral values. Morality is aimed at protecting certain human desires, like avoidance of harm (e.g. torture, slavery). Science helps us determine what these desires are and how to best achieve them. by Ma3Ke4Li3

In many cases some people would say that theft is morally correct. Like stealing food during a famine from the exploitative nobles exporting said food for profit like during the Irish famine.

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The_Starter_Captain t1_ivau5ra wrote

So then you have to argue the morality of nobility. The same for the morality of any "governing" body in a society. No easy answers outside of subjectivity.

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