Moral disputes over ideal states cannot be settled by reason alone.

Evidence

If you do, it is good for you; if you do not, it is bad for you. If many do and many do not, the decision cannot be made by reason, but only by force, actual or concealed. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 552

Categorization

• XREF: XREF Thrasymachus vs Plato ethics and power — connects to: Science cannot address moral judgments, aesthetic judgments, or supernatural claims — it has inherent limits. — Science has limits: A few things that science does not do; Moral obligations derive from objective ideality, not from society or individual will — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 356; Rationality alone cannot measure organizational proficiency once moral criteria are excluded. — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 426 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 552

Broader Connections

• Moral obligations derive from objective ideality, not from society or individual will #contradicts (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 356