Regarding skepticism, I think Moorean responses fail pretty hard in the face of moral disagreement. It is as if I say "here is one hand, here is another," and my apparently good-faith interlocutor replys "I agree the first thing is a hand, but the second is obviously an octopus; but don't worry, you really do have another hand, it's righ…
Regarding skepticism, I think Moorean responses fail pretty hard in the face of moral disagreement. It is as if I say "here is one hand, here is another," and my apparently good-faith interlocutor replys "I agree the first thing is a hand, but the second is obviously an octopus; but don't worry, you really do have another hand, it's right there!" [points at my shoe] — enough experiences of this type, would (and perhaps should?) push me towards skepticism concerning the existence and knowability of an external material world.
So, hooray for fallibilism! (But also: Boo for indecisiveness!)
Regarding skepticism, I think Moorean responses fail pretty hard in the face of moral disagreement. It is as if I say "here is one hand, here is another," and my apparently good-faith interlocutor replys "I agree the first thing is a hand, but the second is obviously an octopus; but don't worry, you really do have another hand, it's right there!" [points at my shoe] — enough experiences of this type, would (and perhaps should?) push me towards skepticism concerning the existence and knowability of an external material world.
So, hooray for fallibilism! (But also: Boo for indecisiveness!)