Creutzer comments on Is the orthogonality thesis at odds with moral realism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Creutzer 06 November 2013 07:51:50PM 1 point [-]

By the way, I suspect you call indexicality "uninteresting" because if it applies to "water", then it probably applies to just about every word. This is true - but it is also why should be happy to count Eliezer's position as moral realism, or do you want to call yourself a relativist about water?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 06 November 2013 08:02:48PM -2 points [-]

I am not saying water is indexical because of PWs or whatever. I am saying that cases of indexicallity irrelvant to moral relativism are not interesting in the context of a discussion about moral relativism.

Comment author: Creutzer 06 November 2013 08:07:05PM 0 points [-]

They are because they help to illustrate the theory.