tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post9197251750509603735..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: theObserver on Do the ends justify the means? Larry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-40261413661728469502013-03-09T07:36:56.305-07:002013-03-09T07:36:56.305-07:00I took another shot :)
http://throughablogdarkly....I took another shot :) <br />http://throughablogdarkly.blogspot.ie/theObserverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487813166705644460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-76369361146147049722013-03-09T05:52:29.799-07:002013-03-09T05:52:29.799-07:00Reply here: HH on PragmatismReply here: <a href="http://barefootbum.blogspot.com/2013/03/hh-on-pragmatism.html" rel="nofollow">HH on Pragmatism</a>Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-80638371220023179212013-03-08T06:31:30.610-07:002013-03-08T06:31:30.610-07:00Larry,
What would your opinion be to the idea th...Larry, <br /><br />What would your opinion be to the idea that deontological ethics may simply be the result of a long forgotten pragmatism. Where the pragmatic was the initial impetus but over time the pragmatic justifications fall away, perhaps once understood by everyone, and become the ethical rules or moral duties that people inherit. Even our moral/ethical instincts, it could be argued, are the result of the pragmatism required for survival.<br /><br /><i>"That pragmatism says that sometimes people have preferences for outcomes that most other people would consider bad, it's doing the job that any meta-ethical system must do."</i><br /><br />I think I understand what you are saying but unless you are suggesting that popularity be the metric of how ethical a pragmatic solution is, you still have the problem of why any proposed outcome is more ethical than alternatives. Could deonto-ethics just be the initial position that violation of X core moral principles is a worse pragmatic outcome than other outcomes. Does pragmatism need to fiat assume what outcomes are better or worse before actions can be evaluated?<br /><br />What would you say is ,at least for you, the ultimate objective of ethics? Why be ethical?<br />Apologies if you have answered this elsewhere, I am pretending to be working and can't dally too long on the site!HHnoreply@blogger.com