So, moral motivational internalism. Then I agree that we tend to reject it. For example, here. You can make it work by having “this motivates the person considering it” be incorporated into the definition of “right”, but that results in a relativist definition, and I don’t see any need for it anyway.
No, the idea of motivational internalism is that you can’t judge something as right or wrong without being motivated to pursue or avoid it. Like if the word “right” was short for “this thing matches my terminal values”.
The alternative is externalism, where “right” means {X, Y, Z} and we (some/most/all humans) are motivated to pursue it just because we like {X, Y, Z}.
As in intrinsically motivating states and concpets
So, moral motivational internalism. Then I agree that we tend to reject it. For example, here. You can make it work by having “this motivates the person considering it” be incorporated into the definition of “right”, but that results in a relativist definition, and I don’t see any need for it anyway.
Motivational internalism may not be an obvious truth, but that doesn’t mean its falsehood is the default. I don’t see the relevance of the link.
So, basicly, what we call “terminal values”?
No, the idea of motivational internalism is that you can’t judge something as right or wrong without being motivated to pursue or avoid it. Like if the word “right” was short for “this thing matches my terminal values”.
The alternative is externalism, where “right” means {X, Y, Z} and we (some/most/all humans) are motivated to pursue it just because we like {X, Y, Z}.
Ah, OK. Thanks for explaining.