Moral Contradictions

Moral dialetheism is the view that some moral judgments are both true and false. In this video, I discuss the motivations for moral dialetheism, then turn to some of the challenges to the view. Finally, I outline moral trivialism, the view that all moral judgments are both true and false, as defended in the Tiantai Buddhist tradition. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kanebaker91 Donate to my PayPal: https://paypal.me/kanebaker91 0:00 - Contemporary metaethics 3:41 - The incoherence argument 12:21 - Moral disagreement 16:55 - Moral dilemmas 18:59 - Constructed contradictions 24:19 - The "logic first" objection 27:44 - The practical objection 35:05 - The queerness objection 41:29 - Moral trivialism 44:49 - The "two truths" doctrine 51:39 - Tiantai's "three truths" 57:00 - Tiantai morality