Tsujigiri comments on Disguised Queries - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tsujigiri 17 December 2011 02:59:55PM 0 points [-]

I wouldn't call moral philosophy a science.

If we both independently invented an imaginary creature, neither would be correct. They are simply the creatures we've arbitrarily created. There is no science of moral philosophy anymore than there is a science of inventing an imaginary creature.

I'd say to be science there needs to be the ability to test whether something is valid. There is no such test for the validity of morals anymore than there is a test for the validity of an imaginary creature.