PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Subjectivism, Dogma, Misogyny
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Phla11 lecture 11 continuation or moral skepticism. Accept the idea that there is some kind of moral reality. But they insist that it is a reality of our own making. (p. 10) But the truth of these moral claims depends on people"s beliefs and feelings. We, each of us, gets to create our own moral reality, and the truth of moral judgments answers to our own tastes and endorsements. (p. 10) Morality is a matter of personal opinion. What is right and wrong, good and bad depends on what you believe. It"s not up to the individual to decide what is right and wrong rather it"s one"s culture or one"s society, that determines what"s right and wrong. What"s right and wrong, good and bad, depends on the beliefs and practices of one"s culture. The view that all three forms of moral skepticism opposes.
