My views on objective morality

[Thumpalumpacus]

For my two cents, our moral faculties exist in our subconscious and are not amenable to change by consciousness.  Our moral judgements come to us from the depths of our being.  Since we don't have access to the formation of our moral judgements, they appear to us as fixed and objective.  They are semi-fixed, being the product of culture, genes, and development, as well as our current experiences.  So moral judgements are not subjective like tastes in ice cream; they are more durable than that.

When you write, "our moral faculties exist in our subconscious", what do you mean? That they are simply below perceptual levels? If that's your point, I definitely disagree. If you're saying that their construction lies so deep in our past that we don't comprehend their origin, then I can see that there are plenty of folks who never dig that deep -- but there are enough who do that it throws doubt on your point.

I agree that they are more durable, in the sense that it is harder to change them. But -- perhaps accidentally -- you've raised another really nice point about moral subjectivity, which is that moral sensibilities can and do change within an actor (or judge) over time ... which again points to the fluid nature of morality.