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autonomicautoclave t1_iymm2tq wrote

Reply to comment by cutelyaware in How to solve moral problems with formal logic and probability by beforesunset1010

If that is true then philosophers have been wasting our time with moral arguments. If you can’t choose what morality to believe in, it’s no use trying to convince someone to follow your morality. It would be like trying to convince a heterosexual person to become homosexual.

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cutelyaware t1_iyooqnt wrote

Can you give me an example of how you've changed your mind and adopted a different morality, or convinced someone else to change theirs? For example I see plenty of arguments of the form "If you believe killing is wrong, then..." I've never seen someone decide "Yes, I suppose killing is fine". I've only seen them decide that it's OK or not OK to kill in some specific situation.

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VitriolicViolet t1_iyt2gmk wrote

>If you can’t choose what morality to believe in, it’s no use trying to convince someone to follow your morality.

does anyone 'choose' which moral theory to follow?

i would argue the one you pick is merely the one that you feel is best ie you wont be convinced by a rational argument since you never reasoned yourself into your belief in the first place.

logic works from emotion ie if you think utilitarianism is best its because you feel its best, reasoning and logic happen after the fact.

i never reasoned myself into my morals, i pick and choose based on context and use my emotions to guide my reasoning (you cannot determine which is 'better' without use of emotion)

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