Meditations on Moral Theory
Meditations on Moral Theory For the past few days I have been reflecting on the nature of the foundations of different moral theories, for some reason I couldn't put my finger on the arbitrariness of each theory, it seemed as each one had sound arguments and could work within a given society. After some discussions and further reflection I believe I was able to finally grasp what my issue was with the foundations of all moral theory: the foundation of every moral theory requires faith. Faith is required for either: to believe that the presupposition is true within itself, without further demonstration or if with further demonstration, that the method of arriving to the conclusion is the correct way to arrive at the moral maxim warning: my knowledge regarding moral theory isn't very extensive so it is most likely I will commit some mistake. This foundation I will call the presupposition of faith , from this presupposition every moral theorist can ...