Well, it helps, in that it clarifies your reasoning. Thanks.
That said, I continue to think that EY would reject a claim like "p-morality is h-inferior to h-morality" to the extent that its symmetrical counterpart, "h-morality is p-inferior to p-morality" is considered equivalent; I expect he would reply with some version of "No, p-morality is inferior to h-morality, which is right."
IOW, my own understanding of EY's position is similar to shminux's, here: that human morality is right, and other moralities (supposing they exist at all) are not right. It seems to follow that other moralities are inferior.
But I don't claim to be any sort of expert on the subject of EY's beliefs, and it's ultimately not a very important question; I'm content to agree to disagree here.
Oh, I think I get it now.
He's saying that he uses "right" to mean the same thing everyone else does — because the "everyone else" he cares about are human and share human values. Words like "right" (and "inferior") don't point to something outside of human experience; they point to something within it. We are having this conversation within human experience, not outside it, so words have their human meanings — which are the only meanings we can actually refer to.
Saying "h-right" is like saying "h-Bosto...
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