The moral convictions of thoughtful and well-educated people are to count as the "hard data" of ethics.
The moral convictions of thoughtful and well-educated people are to count as the "hard data" of ethics.
He says this but leaves it vague. Suppose you lived in Nazi Germany and the educated people supported Nazi values. Do you follow them? Or do you go with most educated people of the world -- or of all time? How much schooling is needed? And how do you pick out "thoughtful" people? Was Hitler thoughtful?
Apart from this one passage, Ross talks as if your "hard data" in ethics is your own reflective ethical convictions. This is a different approach.
The moral convictions of thoughtful and well-educated people are to count as the "hard data" of ethics.
He says this but leaves it vague. Suppose you lived in Nazi Germany and the educated people supported Nazi values. Do you follow them? Or do you go with most educated people of the world -- or of all time? How much schooling is needed? And how do you pick out "thoughtful" people? Was Hitler thoughtful?
Apart from this one passage, Ross talks as if your "hard data" in ethics is your own reflective ethical convictions. This is a different approach.