Introduction
During his lifetime, the true heir of the Iron Throne has been marked by several grim moments. The one that we will take into consideration is when he is told by his first love that he knows nothing. What strikes the most about the instances where he is reminded of his ignorance is that he will never escape this predicament because it is literally impossible for him and for any other person to know exactly what decision to take for any dilemma. Nonetheless, all along the TV show and the books, we see that Jon Snow has developed a sense of morality which has led him to make value judgments in order to protect him and the citizens of Westeros from an imminent death at the hands of the white walkers. Now, the Night King and his army …show more content…
A value judgment is a statement based on a comparison of how good or bad you think an idea or action is. Value judgments can either be aesthetic or moral. An aesthetic judgment deals with one’s taste (e.g. this tree is lovely). Judgments of this kind tend to deal with personal tastes and rely on emotions. It is already known for a fact that these types of judgments are purely subjective. One can’t empirically test the percentage of beauty of an object. Moral judgments, on the other hand, have to do with the rightfulness or wrongness of an action (e.g. stealing is bad). These judgments can be based on the moral code we have established for ourselves, the laws that rule our society, or the ethical theories that have tried to support a specific moral attitude. In this sense, when taking into consideration the objectivity of this kind of value judgment, it is fair to say that no moral value judgment can be objectively true because they derive from imperfect ethical theories created by rational apes (i.e. humans). The fact that there are and there will always be different moral codes influencing countless of human societies, results in disagreement about what’s moral and what’s not. This ongoing disagreement is the strongest evidence that doubts the possibility of an objective value judgment. Nonetheless, we must still answer the question, why is there so much disagreement between human moral codes? Can there be an agreement between ethical theories? To answer this, we must dwell deeper into the grounding problems of ethics and the most indirectly practiced ethical theory out there: Divine Command
During his lifetime, the true heir of the Iron Throne has been marked by several grim moments. The one that we will take into consideration is when he is told by his first love that he knows nothing. What strikes the most about the instances where he is reminded of his ignorance is that he will never escape this predicament because it is literally impossible for him and for any other person to know exactly what decision to take for any dilemma. Nonetheless, all along the TV show and the books, we see that Jon Snow has developed a sense of morality which has led him to make value judgments in order to protect him and the citizens of Westeros from an imminent death at the hands of the white walkers. Now, the Night King and his army …show more content…
A value judgment is a statement based on a comparison of how good or bad you think an idea or action is. Value judgments can either be aesthetic or moral. An aesthetic judgment deals with one’s taste (e.g. this tree is lovely). Judgments of this kind tend to deal with personal tastes and rely on emotions. It is already known for a fact that these types of judgments are purely subjective. One can’t empirically test the percentage of beauty of an object. Moral judgments, on the other hand, have to do with the rightfulness or wrongness of an action (e.g. stealing is bad). These judgments can be based on the moral code we have established for ourselves, the laws that rule our society, or the ethical theories that have tried to support a specific moral attitude. In this sense, when taking into consideration the objectivity of this kind of value judgment, it is fair to say that no moral value judgment can be objectively true because they derive from imperfect ethical theories created by rational apes (i.e. humans). The fact that there are and there will always be different moral codes influencing countless of human societies, results in disagreement about what’s moral and what’s not. This ongoing disagreement is the strongest evidence that doubts the possibility of an objective value judgment. Nonetheless, we must still answer the question, why is there so much disagreement between human moral codes? Can there be an agreement between ethical theories? To answer this, we must dwell deeper into the grounding problems of ethics and the most indirectly practiced ethical theory out there: Divine Command