In “How Not to Answer Moral Questions,” Regan asserts that moral truth is independent of one’s moral judgment, thus making moral truth a universal reality. In “Moral Isolationism,” Midgley argues that one can morally judge another culture if individual understanding is present. Despite their cohesive conclusions, there is not harmony between the two theories’ premises. Regan’s view on universal moral truth directly rejects Midgley’s idea that moral truth relies on a complete understanding behind the justification of another’s moral judgment. If moral questions were approached the way Regan believes they should be, the “isolating barriers” that Midgley criticized would not be within question, because morality is not relative or
In “How Not to Answer Moral Questions,” Regan asserts that moral truth is independent of one’s moral judgment, thus making moral truth a universal reality. In “Moral Isolationism,” Midgley argues that one can morally judge another culture if individual understanding is present. Despite their cohesive conclusions, there is not harmony between the two theories’ premises. Regan’s view on universal moral truth directly rejects Midgley’s idea that moral truth relies on a complete understanding behind the justification of another’s moral judgment. If moral questions were approached the way Regan believes they should be, the “isolating barriers” that Midgley criticized would not be within question, because morality is not relative or