tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476388186116774184.post6995686203675690973..comments2024-03-24T12:46:11.571+05:30Comments on Abhinav Philosopher: On Love & KnowingKedar Sonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08994533095149673853noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476388186116774184.post-22405625405326002202012-05-03T13:54:22.564+05:302012-05-03T13:54:22.564+05:30“There are two things, that fill the mind with eve...“There are two things, that fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… – the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.”<br /><br />Kant’s Argument <br /><br />S1) Starry skies imply vastness of the world and human inability to completely perceive + understand the world <br /><br />S2) Individual’s ability to make moral judgments is the only certainty <br /><br />S3) Morality has basis in ability to make moral judgments<br /><br />S4) Each human has an inherent ability to arrive at moral judgments <br /><br />S5) An intuitive process is something that does not follow a logical thought process (of deduction)<br /><br />S6) Intuitive process implies a – priori ability to make moral judgments <br /><br />K -> (S2 + S3 + S4 + S5 + S6 + S7) -> Morality (Moral Law) is an intuitive process <br /><br />Implication 1: X decides which action is r/w, on the basis of an intuitive capability within X <br /><br />Counter Argument: <br /><br />A) If K, all men must follow K in making moral judgments<br />B) Thus for coherent system, there must be connection amongst all individual’s intuitive process<br />C) A + B implies need for explanation of intuitive morality <br />D) A process of thought is use of observable facts and logical deduction to arrive at conclusion<br />E) Ability to follow process of thought for any decision is inherent in humans or it is genetically <br />F) Some process of thought is involved in arriving at a moral decision because: <br /> a. A decision, made by characterization of right/wrong, implies choices. Humans make choices involving right or wrong. Some experience is involved in this process. To characterize r/w from observations made during experience, D is necessary. <br /> b. Morality is a developmental process (P1). <br /> i. If not P1, then no actions which human might “regret” may occur. <br /> ii. Human regrets. <br /> iii. Therefore P1. (Not circular reasoning. Its Proof by contradiction) <br /> c. Developmental process requires process of thought. <br />G) Individual (not to be mistaken for philosophical self) makes decisions of morality<br />H) Individual is most fundamental in morality<br />I) A decision on the basis of what is moral must be in a coherent system where the choices made lead to long term survival of individual (Objectivist)<br /><br />Therefore choices made, must be evaluated using reasoning based on observable facts (outcomes of choices), and valued in its contribution to long term survival of self (G1). <br /><br />R1 -> B + C + E + F + G -> Therefore it is insufficient to say morality is merely an intuitive processAbhinav Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651177675648647091noreply@blogger.com