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  1. ethical objectivism. Quick Reference. The view that the claims of ethics are objectively true; they are not ‘relative’ to a subject or a culture, nor purely subjective in their nature, in opposition to error theories, scepticism, and relativism. The central problem is finding the source of the required objectivity.

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  3. Ethics need not be like science for ethical statements to have objective truth conditions. It could be like mathematics or logic. In response, Hume argues that reason alone cannot determine morality, since "[m]orals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions.

  4. Learn the differences between ethical subjectivism and objectivism, two contrasting views of moral values and virtues. Ethical subjectivism depends on a will, human or divine, while ethical objectivism is independent of any will.

  5. Jan 15, 2021 · Moral Objectivism. The view that moral facts exist, in the sense that they hold for everyone, is called moral (or ethical) objectivism. From the viewpoint of objectivism, moral facts do not merely represent the beliefs of the person making the claim, they are facts of the world.

  6. Subjectivism is the view that the moral status of our actions, whether they are morally wrong or not, is grounded in our subjective circumstances – either our beliefs about, or our evidence concerning, the world around us. Objectivism, on the other hand, is the view that the moral status of our actions is grounded in our objective ...

    • Peter A. Graham
    • 2021
  7. In short, the non-objectivism vs. objectivism and the relativism vs. absolutism polarities are orthogonal to each other, and it is the former pair that is usually taken to matter when it comes to characterizing anti-realism. Moral relativism is sometimes thought of as a version of anti-realism, but (short of stipulating usage) there is no basis ...

  8. Objectivity is the quality of being independent of subjective perception or judgment. The web page explores the epistemological and metaphysical issues of objectivity, especially in ethics, and the contrast with subjectivity.

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