So...
“Something is moral if it is good.”
and
“Something is good if it is moral.” ?
I think “admirable” might break the circle and ground the definitions, albeit tenuously.
It could, that’s true. Only, I think, if we clear up who’s doing the admiring. There would be disagreement among a lot of people as to what’s admirable.
Circularity is typical of ordinary dictionary defintiions. OTOH, it doesn’t stop people learning meanings.
So...
“Something is moral if it is good.”
and
“Something is good if it is moral.” ?
I think “admirable” might break the circle and ground the definitions, albeit tenuously.
It could, that’s true. Only, I think, if we clear up who’s doing the admiring. There would be disagreement among a lot of people as to what’s admirable.
Circularity is typical of ordinary dictionary defintiions. OTOH, it doesn’t stop people learning meanings.