(October 8, 2018 at 3:49 am)Grandizer Wrote: Yeah, we shouldn't dismiss moral realism out of hand because of what Christian apologists argue. Often times, they're not even moral realists themselves, and divine command theory is typically placed in a separate category from moral realism anyway, as it is more subjectivist rather than objectivist.
That said, I currently remain agnostic about whether morality is ultimately objective or subjective. I'm not well-read enough on philosophical ethics (and it doesn't really interest me that much) to have a more definite position on this.
Me too.
There seem to be some moral statements that are so clear that no sane person would disagree with them. E.g. "Chopping the arms off of healthy babies for fun is bad."
But even if all sane people would agree with that sentence, I'm not sure we can use it as a case for moral realism.
I just want to be sure that if we reject the stance, we are doing so for real reasons.