PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Subjectivism, Dogma, Relativism
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Challenges to (objective) morality: moral skepticism, moral disagreement, morality & god, morality & science. Moral objectivism: there are objectively true moral claims. Objective moral truth: a moral claim that is true, regardless of what any person or culture thinks or believes to be true. According to moral objectivist there are objective facts about morality, just like there are objective facts about math, chemistry and biology, it"s not something we make up. According to moral skeptic morality is manmade (culturally or personally) According to moral objectivism, many cultures are wrong. Moral objectivism makes people more dogmatic, less tolerant, and anti-progressive. Moral skepticism: there are no objectively true moral claims. Moral relativism: the truth of moral claims is determined by one"s culture (culture) A moral claim that"s true for my culture might not be true for your culture. Moral subjectivism: the truth of moral claims is determined by one"s personal beliefs/opinions (individual)
