We've had bits of this discussion before here and here, but I wanted to focus specifically on the question itself:
Is there any reason to believe that there exist some objective values, especially concerning morality?
My position is that there isn't: a "value" is, literally, something you value as a person, as an individual. Those are informed by both nature and nurture, but they vary from one person to the next by definition. There are no scientific indications that there exists some sort of universal value or morality to anything. You can't, in fact, calculate "value". We didn't discover that slavery is wrong by peering into atoms. We collectively decided that it didn't fly anymore.
Now, others contend that it is instead quite possible, or evident, that objective values exist, but as far as I remember no one could name one such value.
Thoughts, arguments, insults?
Is there any reason to believe that there exist some objective values, especially concerning morality?
My position is that there isn't: a "value" is, literally, something you value as a person, as an individual. Those are informed by both nature and nurture, but they vary from one person to the next by definition. There are no scientific indications that there exists some sort of universal value or morality to anything. You can't, in fact, calculate "value". We didn't discover that slavery is wrong by peering into atoms. We collectively decided that it didn't fly anymore.
Now, others contend that it is instead quite possible, or evident, that objective values exist, but as far as I remember no one could name one such value.
Thoughts, arguments, insults?
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