PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moral Realism, Moral Skepticism, Dogma
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: the view that there are no objective moral truths. Objective moral truths: moral claims that are true independently of what anyone thinks or feels: according to the moral skeptic, morality is the product of human invention. (p. Sl argues that without objectivism, we cannot make sense moral error or moral. Subjectivism: you cannot be mistaken in your moral views. Relativism: your culture cannot be mistaken about its moral views. More accurately: the only kind of error that is possible according to subjectivism or. According to error theorists, the moral views of the racist or the misogynist are indeed mistaken. But the opposite views are mistaken as well: all moral views (whether those of the racist or those of the humanitarian aid worker) are equally mistaken and mistaken in the same way. Apparent examples of moral progress: the us after the abolition of slavery, a former kkk member turned equality-advocate.