Philosophy 2070E Lecture Notes - Subjectivism

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Ethical subjectivism is based on the concept that our moral beliefs are based on our feelings and nothing more. People have different opinions, but where morality is concerned, there are no facts and no one is right . David hume, morality is a matter of sentiment rather than fact. When a person says something is morally good or bad, this means that he or she approves of that thing, or disapproves of it, and nothing more. X is good, x is morally acceptable, x ought to be done = i (the speaker) approve of x. There is no disagreement between two opposing views ; each person acknowledges the truth of what the other is saying. A approves in homosexuality while b disapproves of homosexuality. Both a and b would acknowledge the other persons position while still disagreeing about the underlying topic. Simple subjectivism implies that we are always right.

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