There is no relevant evidence whatever for the claim that a kind of action (e.g., keeping your promises) is right.
There is no relevant evidence whatever for the claim that a kind of action (e.g., keeping your promises) is right.
We could show that act A is right by showing that (1) A has consequences C1; (2) alternatives to A have consequences C2, C3, ...; and (3) C1 contains at least as much intrinsic value as do C2, C3, ....
To justify the first two steps, we must appeal to empirical facts. The last step involves an appeal to intuition.
There is no relevant evidence whatever for the claim that a kind of action (e.g., keeping your promises) is right.
We could show that act A is right by showing that (1) A has consequences C1; (2) alternatives to A have consequences C2, C3, ...; and (3) C1 contains at least as much intrinsic value as do C2, C3, ....
To justify the first two steps, we must appeal to empirical facts. The last step involves an appeal to intuition.