“Indexed to something mind-dependent ” and “indexed to something about an individual” are not both more precise than your “indexical”
I don’t find it illuminating to be told that morality is about an abstract algorithm , since that does not tell me whether the algorithm is defined at the individual, group, or universal level; nor whether it is cognactively accessible; nor whether it is mind dependent
You have said that moral claims are indexical, and also that “should” always has the same referent .hat is it so where does the last indexicality come from...what makes it vary?
Let me take another try at the last section: ethics and metaethics aren’t orthogonal . Not all combinations work. As object level ethics, utilitarianism is incompatible with metaethics that is indexed to or relative to individuals.
“Indexed to something mind-dependent ” and “indexed to something about an individual” are not both more precise than your “indexical”
I don’t find it illuminating to be told that morality is about an abstract algorithm , since that does not tell me whether the algorithm is defined at the individual, group, or universal level; nor whether it is cognactively accessible; nor whether it is mind dependent
You have said that moral claims are indexical, and also that “should” always has the same referent .hat is it so where does the last indexicality come from...what makes it vary?
Let me take another try at the last section: ethics and metaethics aren’t orthogonal . Not all combinations work. As object level ethics, utilitarianism is incompatible with metaethics that is indexed to or relative to individuals.