Let me try to guess the next few moves in hopes of speeding this up:
A: Admirable according to whom? (And why’d you use “morally” in the definition of “morality”?)
B: Most people. / Everyone. / Everyone who matters.
A: So basically, if a lot of people or everyone admires something, it is morally good? It’s a popularity contest?
B: No, it’s just objectively admirable.
A: I don’t understand what it would mean to be “objectively admirable”?
B: These are two common words. How can you not understand them?
A: Each might make sense separately, but together no. Perhaps you mean “universally admirable”?
B: Yeah, that sounds good.
A: So basically, if everyone admires something, you will want to call it “morally good.” They will probably appreciate and agree to those approving words, seeing as they all admire it as well.
C; Now that you have enough of a handle on “morality” to see the difference between a theory of morality and a theory of flight, you can read the literature.
You’re aware that words have more than one definition, and in debates it is customary to define key terms before beginning? Perhaps I could interest you in this.
Let me try to guess the next few moves in hopes of speeding this up:
A: Admirable according to whom? (And why’d you use “morally” in the definition of “morality”?)
B: Most people. / Everyone. / Everyone who matters.
A: So basically, if a lot of people or everyone admires something, it is morally good? It’s a popularity contest?
B: No, it’s just objectively admirable.
A: I don’t understand what it would mean to be “objectively admirable”?
B: These are two common words. How can you not understand them?
A: Each might make sense separately, but together no. Perhaps you mean “universally admirable”?
B: Yeah, that sounds good.
A: So basically, if everyone admires something, you will want to call it “morally good.” They will probably appreciate and agree to those approving words, seeing as they all admire it as well.
Or...?
C; Now that you have enough of a handle on “morality” to see the difference between a theory of morality and a theory of flight, you can read the literature.
??? I’m just trying to understand what your definition of morality is.
Don’t you already know what it means? I though we established that you speak English.
You’re aware that words have more than one definition, and in debates it is customary to define key terms before beginning? Perhaps I could interest you in this.
The debate, which seems to be over, was largely about whether the word has any meaning at all,