mwengler comments on Thoughts on moral intuitions - LessWrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 July 2012 05:13:44AM 2 points [-]

If it walks like a science and it talks like a science but it is astrology, is it worth doing the calculations?

When you consider that "doing the calculations" is how astronomy was ultimately derived from and separated from astrology quiet possibly.

Comment author: mwengler 03 July 2012 07:25:34AM 1 point [-]

Good point. So we have now had astronomy for more than 2000 years, thanks Astrology!

What have we gotten from doing Ethics? What has moral realism delivered? I suppose you might say a population easier to rule, and that would be something indeed, but before I put words in your mouth, you tell me what you get for having tried to systematize morality for 4000 years?