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Devil_May_Kare t1_ivb0cma wrote

Reply to comment by Velociraptortillas in Michael Shermer argues that science can determine many of our moral values. Morality is aimed at protecting certain human desires, like avoidance of harm (e.g. torture, slavery). Science helps us determine what these desires are and how to best achieve them. by Ma3Ke4Li3

Many moral questions are really questions about new situations, not new principles. For example, if you already believe you ought not eat pork, there's no violation of Hume's Guillotine in turning to DNA sequencing to determine whether there's pork in a dish.

I don't know if this is what this guy means, but it's not unreasonable to suggest that we already believe the moral principles that would let us answer most moral questions to our satisfaction, and we're just waiting for a thorough understanding of the facts.

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