I agree that determinism doesn’t undermine morality in the way you describe. I remain, however, a moral skeptic (or, perhaps more accurately, a moral eliminativist). I’m skeptical that moral dilemmas exist outside of thought experiments and the pages of philosophy books and I’m skeptical that moral deliberation achieves anything. Since people are bound to play out their own psychology, and since we’re inherently social animals and exist in a social environment, I find it unlikely that people would behave substantially different if we eliminated “morality” from our concept space. In that respect I think morality is an epiphenomenon.
Some people want to take part of our psychology and label it “morality” or take the sorts of diplomacy that lead us to cooperate for our mutual benefit and label it “morality” but they’re essentially moral skeptics. They’re just flexible with labels.
I agree that determinism doesn’t undermine morality in the way you describe. I remain, however, a moral skeptic (or, perhaps more accurately, a moral eliminativist). I’m skeptical that moral dilemmas exist outside of thought experiments and the pages of philosophy books and I’m skeptical that moral deliberation achieves anything. Since people are bound to play out their own psychology, and since we’re inherently social animals and exist in a social environment, I find it unlikely that people would behave substantially different if we eliminated “morality” from our concept space. In that respect I think morality is an epiphenomenon.
Some people want to take part of our psychology and label it “morality” or take the sorts of diplomacy that lead us to cooperate for our mutual benefit and label it “morality” but they’re essentially moral skeptics. They’re just flexible with labels.