But since our preferences are given to us, broadly, by evolution, shouldn’t we expect that our principles operate locally (context-dependent) and are likely to be mutually inconsistent?
Yes.
I have a strong preferences for simple set of moral preferences, with minimal inconsistency.
I admit that the idea of holding “killing babies is wrong” as a separate principle from “killing humans is wrong”, or holding that “babies are human” as a moral (rather than empirical) principle simply did not occur to me. The dangers of generalizing from one example, I guess.
Yes.
I have a strong preferences for simple set of moral preferences, with minimal inconsistency.
I admit that the idea of holding “killing babies is wrong” as a separate principle from “killing humans is wrong”, or holding that “babies are human” as a moral (rather than empirical) principle simply did not occur to me. The dangers of generalizing from one example, I guess.