Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Home/Original/inverse
    See Original
    Inverse View

    It is not the case that Hume demonstrated that moral judgments are grounded in sentiment and passion, not reason or demonstrable science.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Sentiments vary wildly across cultures; if morality were sentiment-based, cross-cultural moral progress would be inexplicable.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.We rationally revise our sentiments when we discover factual errors, showing reason constrains and corrects moral feeling.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Hume himself distinguishes sympathy from mere passion and grounds consistent moral judgments in stable human nature, not arbitrary emotion.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Moral disagreements persist despite rational argument, suggesting sentiment, not reason, drives moral conviction.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.We condemn harm before reasoning about it, indicating sentiment precedes moral judgment logically and developmentally.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.No factual observations alone (is-statements) logically entail moral conclusions (ought-statements) without additional premises.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.