The paradox of moral codes | David Friedman, Timothy Williamson and Maria Baghramian
Philosophy For Our Times
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What Is Moral Reality?
Moral reality is the fact that statements about good or bad acts are actual statements of reality. Different people can perceive the same things looking at the same thing not perfectly, just as with physical reality. It's a true statement that certain acts are bad and certain acts are good. But if you a ask the same question for physical reality, what does it mean to say that physical reality is real? There is a contradiction there that isn't quite so easy to resolve between those two things. So weone one thing. The notion of the universal suddenly seems very local and particularly western.
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