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Moral Objectivism
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"[This one is (my god!) an undergraduate paper from circa 1992. --mh]
Moral Objectivism
1. What is the issue
The present essay is a defense of a view called moral
objectivism and attack on its opposite, subjectivism or moral
relativism. Moral relativism is probably the subject concerning
which more nonsense has been written and said in modern times than
any other in moral philosophy. I suspect this is partly because
people wish to provide arguments in favor of relativism without
first having a clear idea of what their thesis is; partly because
the authors' arguments are mostly rationalizations; and partly
because the authors have a poor grasp of moral concepts. There is
little I can do about the second and third problems, but I will try
to help the first here. In this section I define "objectivism" and
important related terms and delineate several views that might be
called subjectivism, which I contend are all demonstrably false.
I am not chiefly concerned herein to defend any particular
moral claims, although I shall mention some uncontroversial moral
truths for illustrative purposes. Rather, my concern is to show
that questions of value have objective, rational answers but not to
provide those answers. The latter is a task for another time.
1.1. "Objectivism" and "relativism"
"Objectivism" denotes the thesis that morality is objective.
Subjectivism holds that morality is subjective. Relativism holds
that morality is relative. In the sequel, I am interested in
distinguishing moral objectivism from its denial; therefore, I
assume that "relative" and "subjective" both mean "non-objective".
If they do not already mean this, then I stipulate that meaning
hereby. There are a number of people who believe moral relativism
so defined.
1.2. What is 'morality'
I want to make two points about what morality is as I
understand it.
First, the term "morality" is subject to the same ambiguity as
most other names for fields of study, wh"
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