If people disagree about a moral issue, we can use reason to resolve the issue
If 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 two 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.
If people disagree about a moral issue, we can use reason to resolve the issue
This makes Ayer into an extreme rationalist!
If people disagree about a moral issue, we can use reason to resolve the issue
Sometimes this is possible.