Justifying Ethical Claims

The episode centers around the question of what justifies ethical claims, drawing from Alistair MacIntyre's 'After Virtue.' It highlights the incoherence currently evident in ethical discourse, where modern terminology is often rooted in outdated assumptions. MacIntyre argues that contemporary ethics has devolved into expressing mere preferences without grounding in objective standards, a departure from the Aristotelian framework. The podcast discusses this tension, exploring how the Enlightenment's rejection of Aristotelian teleology has contributed to the confusion in establishing moral truths.