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Is it true that there is no absolute morality?
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality?
(March 3, 2017 at 7:52 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Just to be clear, are do you reject all forms of objectivity or just moral objectivity in particular?

Moral. This is because morality is a value system, and all value systems are, by definition, subjective to some viewpoint. The idea of an objective moral system is contradictory; a system cannot be both objective and subjective at the same time. This is the cause of the digression earlier in the thread about whether or not morality defined by a god would be objective or not, because objective morality has to both be subject to God's viewpoint, in order to be a moral system, and not subject to any viewpoint at all, in order to be objective.

This is why I use the phrase "incoherent". It refers to the fact that moral objectivity is both poorly defined and nonsensical.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
  - A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
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RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by deleteduser12345 - February 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by Astreja - February 19, 2017 at 12:14 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by brewer - February 20, 2017 at 10:28 pm
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by SteveII - February 22, 2017 at 11:01 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by SteveII - February 27, 2017 at 10:33 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by Nonpareil - March 3, 2017 at 9:08 pm

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