RE: Subjective Morality?
October 18, 2018 at 10:21 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2018 at 10:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 18, 2018 at 7:39 pm)wyzas Wrote:Getting into a fistfight with a child...and getting into a fistfight with an adult, are different conditions for a fistfight......It stands to reason that the moral appraisal and moral restrictions involved with either would be different.(October 18, 2018 at 7:18 pm)Dr H Wrote: I believe morals are subjective, but I disagree with that statement.
'Conditional' is not the same as 'subjective'.
The answer to:
1 + 1 =
is conditional, depending on the base number system in which it's contextualized. In base 10, the answer is "2"; in binary the answer is "10". Neither answer is subjective.
What might be considered subjective is whether the answers are considered identical, given that the are equivalent in value, but different in notation.
Did you omit the "morals" from my statement and just flip to conditions in math?
Previously someone said killing is both immoral and moral based on the conditions of situation. My view, changing based on conditions/circumstances makes the moral position subjective.
An objective morality has to take into account relevant facts, the circumstances of some x are often relevant. That, is an objective appraisal, not a subjective one.
Essentially, it's the moral version of "if things were different....then things would be different".
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