According to Ayer, when people disagree about a moral issue we can use reason to resolve the issue
According to Ayer, when people disagree about a moral issue we can use reason to resolve the issue
This makes Ayer into an extreme rationalist!
According to Ayer, when people disagree about a moral issue we can use reason to resolve the issue
Sometimes an appeal to empirical facts can resolve a moral dispute. This happens when the people share some ethical principle which, with empirical facts, entails some conclusion on the issue.
Suppose that the people share the principle "It's wrong to forge a check." Then if they can establish empirically that Jones forged the check, they'll come to agree that Jones acted wrongly.
According to Ayer, when people disagree about a moral issue we can use reason to resolve the issue
Sometimes this is possible.