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> The idea that there are base moral facts is ridiculous

Sexual abuse of toddlers?

Unprovoked abduction and torture?

I think there certainly are base moral facts at the extremes of behaviour. Evil exists. Malevolence exists.

But I agree that most behaviour isn’t so extreme as to be easily judged without the understanding you describe.



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