PHIL 2103 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Moral Realism, Ethical Subjectivism, Moral Skepticism
25 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
21 eleven arguments against moral (ethical) objectivity. Different views fall under moral skepticism: 1. If morality were objective, moral rules would have to be absolute and since they aren"t, morality isn"t objective at all. Argument from absolutism: if moral claims are objectively true, then moral rules are absolute, no moral rule is absolute. Since premise 1 is false, this argument does not threaten ethical objectivism. Objectivity of moral rules has to do with their status: whether they are correct independently of our opinion of them. Has to do with stringency: whether it is ever okay to break them: 2. Argument against objective truths: there are no objective truths, therefore, there are no objective moral truths. Premise 1 cannot be true because then there would be at least one objective truth which would be the premise: 3. Premise 1 is false because while we have a right to an opinion, that does not make it plausible: 4.
