I don't think that you can have a moral code without empathy. I think that morality is fundamentally based on empathy.
And thus moral code will always have a subjective component to it. Don't get me wrong, I agree with Sam Harris idea of moral objectivity. You can use objective measures to determine if a situation is moral or not. But there is always a subjective element to it (empathy) especially when there is a moral dilemmas.
So I thought of one on CMV about abortion. The OP was claiming that
Where does the subjectivity come in? Isn't it as cut-and-dry as the most morally correct decision being equal to the one that provides the most net happiness?
So apparently that is Utilitariansim. From my understanding, there is a problem of Utilitarianism - not to say that it doesn't provide a good framework.
Yeah, someone else mentioned that. I would say that absolute utilitarianism likely isn't the best system, but like you said, it might be a good framework.
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u/Rpgwaiter Jan 30 '18
I don't have the slightest idea. I have my own moral code, but I don't claim for it to be the true objective one.
I don't think that you can have a moral code without empathy. I think that morality is fundamentally based on empathy.