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Hillary Putnam on Morality | Mario de Caro

Brain in a Vat

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Is There a True State of Moral Affairs?

We have a cognitive and moral duty to accept the best ideas we have until they're proven wrong. All our knowledge may be false, but we need reasons to think that we are wrong. Even about taste, I think there are limits. If I compare my wine taste with Robert Parker's taste, there is an objective standard. It's not a question of my own taste is likely us.

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