“the overwhelming majority of people who would say that burning the Quran or the Bible is inherently immoral would also say that it’s immoral by virtue of the preferences of an entity that, on their view, is in fact capable of having preferences.”
They’d phrase it in terms of sacredness, which isn’t quite the same thing, e.g., how would you apply your argument to flag burning?
Fair enough.
“the overwhelming majority of people who would say that burning the Quran or the Bible is inherently immoral would also say that it’s immoral by virtue of the preferences of an entity that, on their view, is in fact capable of having preferences.”
They’d phrase it in terms of sacredness, which isn’t quite the same thing, e.g., how would you apply your argument to flag burning?
Fair enough.