I don’t find Greene’s arguments to be valuable or convincing. I won’t defend those claims here but merely point out that this post makes it extremely inconvenient to do so properly.
I would prefer concise reconstructions of important arguments over a link to a 377 page document and some lengthy quotes, many of which simply presuppose that certain important conclusions have already been established elsewhere in the dissertation.
As an exercise for the reader demonstrating my complaint, consider what it would take to work out whether Joshua Greene has any argument against this analysis of morality.
I agree that this is an important discussion to have but I don’t think this post helps us to engage in a productive discussion. Rather, it merely seems to handicap those who disagree with Greene on multiple points when they wish to participate in the discussion and does so without adequate justification.
“This analysis of morality” ,is badly in need of a summary itself, as Hanson pointed out. My summary would be that it is a version of the naturalistic fallacy, the idea that morality is whatever people think it is.
Voted Down. Sorry, Roko.
I don’t find Greene’s arguments to be valuable or convincing. I won’t defend those claims here but merely point out that this post makes it extremely inconvenient to do so properly.
I would prefer concise reconstructions of important arguments over a link to a 377 page document and some lengthy quotes, many of which simply presuppose that certain important conclusions have already been established elsewhere in the dissertation.
As an exercise for the reader demonstrating my complaint, consider what it would take to work out whether Joshua Greene has any argument against this analysis of morality.
I agree that this is an important discussion to have but I don’t think this post helps us to engage in a productive discussion. Rather, it merely seems to handicap those who disagree with Greene on multiple points when they wish to participate in the discussion and does so without adequate justification.
“This analysis of morality” ,is badly in need of a summary itself, as Hanson pointed out. My summary would be that it is a version of the naturalistic fallacy, the idea that morality is whatever people think it is.
If you have any more suggestions as to what you’re after, do let me know.
I will attempt to do some condensing work at some point today given the comments that we have seen here.
Thanks.