Jan 21, 2021
So what do we do when we try to make moral judgments? We all pick and choose among rival philosophies, rival religions, and rival professional societies, creating our own amalgams. On some issues, we go with a professional society statement, on others with the Catholic church, the Supreme Court, the Republican party, or the New York Times. Oddly, we have no trouble at all citing these authors as determinative when we agree with their positions and dismissing them as dastardly when we do not. Really, all we are doing is finding whatever support we can for our deeply held and ultimately fragile moral intuitions.
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Ethics” - John Lantos