0x815@feddit.de to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agoCivilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down10
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkCivilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menonwww.theguardian.com0x815@feddit.de to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareParsnipWitch@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThat’s an opinion, though. Not a fact. It’s actually just one theory in ethics.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe definition of what an opinion is is not an opinion.
minus-squareParsnipWitch@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, but this is an opinion: literally any statement based on morality is an opinion.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo, it’s not. Facts are statements about what is. Statements about what should be—which is what moral statements are—are always opinions. I can’t fucking believe I’m arguing with people who literally don’t know what the word opinion means. It’s not rocket science.
minus-squareParsnipWitch@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPerhaps you should read about more about the different theories surrounding whether morality is always objective “as a fact”.
That’s an opinion, though. Not a fact. It’s actually just one theory in ethics.
The definition of what an opinion is is not an opinion.
No, but this is an opinion:
No, it’s not. Facts are statements about what is. Statements about what should be—which is what moral statements are—are always opinions.
I can’t fucking believe I’m arguing with people who literally don’t know what the word opinion means. It’s not rocket science.
Perhaps you should read about more about the different theories surrounding whether morality is always objective “as a fact”.