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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (23015)2/18/2012 3:50:42 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
"What’s immoral does not become moral simply by precedent."

I question that statement.

Thinking about it more, I'm not sure you do disagree with it. It would reasonable seem odd to argue with someone else about what they themselves think, but bear with me for a moment.

Sure we still have our larger disagreement about meta-ethics, but I don't think this statement is really all that relevant to that point. It talks about morality not changing by precedent. A change in consensus of societies values is far more than just precedent. Even if you assume morality is purely subjective on the level of a society, a mere precedent wouldn't normally change that consensus societal moral view. If you assume rather that its subjective on the individual level, then the precedent often wouldn't broadly change it (although it might for some individuals), and in any case if morality is considered subjective on the individual level, than there isn't much to disagree with, his statement would be right for him, even if it didn't apply to you.
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