Ethical foundations of the left

[Luke Benjamin Weiger]

> I mean that argument  doesn't change people's minds about the kind of
> fixed-point first order moral judgments that philosophical theses are
> supposed to explain, like "abortion is wrong" or "people should not
> be allowed to starve in the streets."

In general, this may be true (although, shockingly enough, I'm not willing
to concede the point yet).  However, it certainly isn't true in every
instance.  If you were willing to carry the argument to that (ludicrous)
extreme, it would prove to be as unilluminating and ultimately unconvincing
as the argument for pschological egoism.

-- Luke