(July 25, 2013 at 7:11 am)Red Celt Wrote: This is so painful. I was going to write an explanation, but Google saved me the effort. Thanks for the laugh when you suggested that I was the one who needed educating. I'm an honours student, doing a masters in philosophy. I'm more than a little bit aware of what objective morality is and is not.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objective_morality
Quote:Objective morality is the idea that a certain system of ethics or set of moral judgments is not just true according to a person's subjective opinion, but factually true. Proponents of this theory would argue that a statement like "Murder is wrong" can be as objectively true as "1 + 1 = 2." Most of the time, the alleged source is God; no objective source of morality has ever been confirmed, nor have any a priori proofs been offered to the effect that morality is anything other than subjective.
An interesting example, given that the truth in math is determined by coherence with a certain set of axiomatic principles. So yes, given the proper set of axiomatic principles, the statement "Murder is wrong" can be as objectively true as "1+1=2".
Also, if you are mastering in philosophy, I'd suggest staying off the rationalwiki, which has a definite bias towards skepticism.
