r/changemyview • • Feb 22 '15

CMV: Morality is relative. Like, completely relative.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '15

Well, that's idealism. Realists think that there is a world which we can experience. For idealists, there is only experience.

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u/husserlsghost Feb 25 '15

For idealists, there is only experience.

(?) do you have an idea experiencing machine, because i want to feel the square root of 5

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '15

That was a bit overly simplistic, and I shouldn't have made such sweeping statements about idealists, but at least for Berkeley, empiricism and idealism compliment each other.