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Annoying questions about good and bad

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Is there such a thing as moral knowledge? And how do we find out? This article is about doubting your own existence, man-eaters, emotional judgements, and the difference between theft and vegetables.

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Kaj Jalving
Aug 26, 2023
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Are we actually capable of taking irrefutable ethical positions? Is moral knowledge possible? Such questions are the subject of metaethics.

Did you use to do that with your parents in the past? You were a child, and you kept following up their answers with one word: why? My mum and dad enjoyed explaining things, but after four or five whys, there was onl…

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