Morality is similar—“X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do” is an objectively true (or false) statement, regardless of who’s evaluating you.
Not so! Rather, “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do given TheAncientGeek’s values” is an objectively true (or false) statement. But “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do” tout court is not; it depends on a specific value system being implicitly understood.
“X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do” is synonymous with “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do according to his (reflectively consistent) values”. You may not want him to act in accordance with his values, but that doesn’t change the fact that he should—much like in the standard analysis of the prisoner’s dilemma, each prisoner wants the other to cooperate, but has to admit that each of them should defect.
Same mistake, Only actions that affect others are morally relevant, from which it follows that rightness cannot be evaluated from one person’s values alone.
Maximizing ones values solipsitically is hedonism, not morality.
Not so! Rather, “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do given TheAncientGeek’s values” is an objectively true (or false) statement. But “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do” tout court is not; it depends on a specific value system being implicitly understood.
“X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do” is synonymous with “X is the right thing for TheAncientGeek to do according to his (reflectively consistent) values”. You may not want him to act in accordance with his values, but that doesn’t change the fact that he should—much like in the standard analysis of the prisoner’s dilemma, each prisoner wants the other to cooperate, but has to admit that each of them should defect.
Same mistake, Only actions that affect others are morally relevant, from which it follows that rightness cannot be evaluated from one person’s values alone.
Maximizing ones values solipsitically is hedonism, not morality.
Notice I didn’t use the term “morality” in the grandparent. Cf. my other comment.
But the umpteenth grandparent was explicitly about morality.