We both agreed to the statement that killing human beings is morally bad. Now, the definition of a human being came up.
As a general guideline, if you’re arguing morality, and you find yourself arguing definitions, you’ve taken a wrong turn.
Ethical arguments that hinge on definitions are almost always the result of trying to set the threshold for some simple, hard-and-fast binary “yes/no” rule.
As a general guideline, if you’re arguing morality, and you find yourself arguing definitions, you’ve taken a wrong turn.
Ethical arguments that hinge on definitions are almost always the result of trying to set the threshold for some simple, hard-and-fast binary “yes/no” rule.