> > Does it change the way the world behaves?
>
> A totally different question.  Even if you are the pinnacle of moral
> knowledge, the world could ignore you.  It hardly shows you're wrong.

Suppose, according to some moral code, you are right, but no one pays you
any attention.  My point is, first, if no one pays you attention, it does
not matter whether you are right, and second, you cannot in any event
empirically verify that your moral code is in fact the correct one.

William Sjostrom


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