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Morality is not subjective, but objective—not created by the human mind, but discovered by it.🧵
Just as truth is discovered via evidence and the principle of non-contradiction, so morality is discovered via the requirements of human life and the principle of non-sacrifice. 1/12
Just as truth is discovered via evidence and the principle of non-contradiction, so morality is discovered via the requirements of human life and the principle of non-sacrifice. 1/12
What, in principle, supports and promotes human life given the kind of animal we are? What, in principle, harms or destroys it?
The answers to these questions determine what is objectively good or moral, and what is objectively bad or immoral. 2/12
The answers to these questions determine what is objectively good or moral, and what is objectively bad or immoral. 2/12
Thinking, producing goods or services, trading value for value, judging people rationally, refusing to pretend that facts are other than they are, respecting individual rights—these kinds of actions support and promote human life, and thus are moral. 3/12
