RE: Subjective Morality?
November 12, 2018 at 8:08 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2018 at 8:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:I can easily demonstrate that at least some mores are based on feelings or individual ideas-- moral values have differed vastly over history, among cultures and individuals.This..is not the position of subjectivism. The position of subjectivism states that -all- moral propositions are based on facts of things which are mind dependent. If you accept that even some propositions are based upon facts of things which are not mind dependent, this is an acceptance of moral realism. Both subjectivists and realists think that moral propositions express ideas. Both subjectivists and realists reject that moral propositions are expressions of emotion. Both subjectivists and realists think that those ideas are sometimes facts of something mind dependent.
-Only- moral realists think that they are also..at least sometimes..facts of something mind independent.
That moral propositions differ over history, between cultures, and between individuals..is not the position of moral subjectivism, either.... nor does it demonstrate that position, nor does it in any way threaten moral realism or moral subjectivism.
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