Ways to Say "Should"
There is good reason to believe that moral entities do not exist objectively, because it is a matter of empirical fact that people disagree about them in a way that they do not disagree about physical reality.
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Note: This article is the second in a series based on the author’s PowerPoint program The Times We Are In: What In the World Is Happening presented on Clearwater Bahá’ís February 14, 2026.
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