If a behaviour can't be justified using rational argument, then it isn't strong enough to be imposed as a universal moral code
But no behaviour can be justified using rational argument, or alternatively every behaviour can be justified using rational argument: it depends on what you take as your premises.
That's why the Justification Problem exists in ethics, and why pure reason can't work as an ethical system (unless you take as your premise 'to act ethically is to act rationally in all situations', but there's no particular reason to take that as a premise.)
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Date: 2013-05-21 12:02 pm (UTC)But no behaviour can be justified using rational argument, or alternatively every behaviour can be justified using rational argument: it depends on what you take as your premises.
That's why the Justification Problem exists in ethics, and why pure reason can't work as an ethical system (unless you take as your premise 'to act ethically is to act rationally in all situations', but there's no particular reason to take that as a premise.)
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