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XVI Posted 6 years ago
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The same things are right and wrong for everybody

First, we could say that the same things are right and wrong for everybody, but that not everyone has a reason to do what's right and avoid what's wrong: only people with the right sort of "moral" motives -- particularly a concern for others -- have any reason to do what's right, for its own sake. This makes morality universal, but at the cost of draining it of its force. It's not clear what it amounts to to say that it would be wrong for someone to commit murder, but he has no reason not to do it.


[What does it all mean, Nagel, Chapter VI]


Does "the same things are right and wrong for everybody" and "right and wrong are the same things for everybody" have the same meaning?


  

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Here's how I interpret this. the same things are right and wrong for everybody" Imagine that each person made a list of all the things they think are wrong, and another list of all the things they think are right The quotation above means that each person's lists would be the same as every other person's lists. In other words everybody has the same moral principles..

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  • Here's how I interpret this.
  • the same things are right and wrong for everybody" Imagine that each person made a list of all the things they think are wrong, and another list of all the things they think are right The quotation above means that each person's lists would be the same as every other person's lists.
  • In other words everybody has the same moral principles..
  • "right and wrong are the same things for everybody" This quotation means that everybody believes there is no difference between right and wrong.
  • In other words everybody is amoral They have no moral principles.
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Here's how I interpret this.

the same things are right and wrong for everybody" Imagine that each person made a list of all the things they think are wrong, and another list of all the things they think are right The quotation above means that each person's lists would be the same as every other person's lists. In other words everybody has the same moral principles..


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