I’m a moral anti-realist; it seems to me to be a direct inescapable consequence of materialism.
I tried looking at definitions of moral relativism, and it seems more confused than moral realism vs. anti-realism. (To be sure there are even more confused stances out there, like error theory...)
Should I take it that Peterson and Harris are both moral realists and interpret their words in that light? Note that this wouldn’t be reasoning about what they’re saying, for me, it would be literally interpreting their words, because people are rarely precise, and moral realists and anti-realists often use the same words to mean different things. (In part because they’re confused and are arguing over the “true” meaning of words.)
So, if they’re moral realists, then “not throwing away the concept of good” means not throwing away moral realism; I think I understand what that means in this context.
Should I take it that Peterson and Harris are both moral realists and interpret their words in that light?
Yes. I believe neither Peterson nor Harris is a moral anti-realist.
So, if they’re moral realists, then “not throwing away the concept of good” means not throwing away moral realism; I think I understand what that means in this context.
I’m a moral anti-realist; it seems to me to be a direct inescapable consequence of materialism.
I tried looking at definitions of moral relativism, and it seems more confused than moral realism vs. anti-realism. (To be sure there are even more confused stances out there, like error theory...)
Should I take it that Peterson and Harris are both moral realists and interpret their words in that light? Note that this wouldn’t be reasoning about what they’re saying, for me, it would be literally interpreting their words, because people are rarely precise, and moral realists and anti-realists often use the same words to mean different things. (In part because they’re confused and are arguing over the “true” meaning of words.)
So, if they’re moral realists, then “not throwing away the concept of good” means not throwing away moral realism; I think I understand what that means in this context.
Yes. I believe neither Peterson nor Harris is a moral anti-realist.
Yes. I think you understand the debate correctly.
Harris is both a moral realist and a naturalist. He thinks moral truths can be derived by science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape