Breaking Down Bambrough's Perspective

Upon learning that my roommate has been regularly helping herself to my wallet and chooses not to be a mature adult that takes responsibility for their actions, I would simply break down Bambrough’s proof of the objectivity of morals. The argument in which Bambrough uses will definitely help me to debunk my roommate’s belief in right and wrong being a matter of our opinion and holding no real stance. First off, I would tell my roommate that we most definitely do have moral knowledge. Bamborough proves this existence by pointing to a scenario where a child is to go under surgery, if they do not use any anesthetic while in surgery they will be in excruciating pain. Therefore, we know at least one more proposition to be true. Once my roommate …show more content…
For example, many cultures do away with the dead in various ways, from burning their bodies to burying them. Although, some of the ways may seem really strange to me it does not take away from the fact that we all at least acknowledge the fact that someone has passed. The same could be said in our situation. Although my roommate grew up in California and I in Georgia, we should both be able to acknowledge the fact that stealing from someone is wrong. Whether it is my clothes or my money, at least own up to the fact that you disrespected my trust and that I am not okay with it. All in all, my roommate will more than likely still think that right and wrong is merely an opinion of ours and I will have to come to terms with the fact that I lost what I thought was a good friend and will now have to move out. I hope the money she took was worth