Is Morality Objective?

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Morality is objective.

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  • If there exists a divine being, then objective morality exists.

  • Certain moral truths are inherent to human nature and transcend cultures and time.

  • Morality is objective because moral values can be distilled through reason, and reason is objective.

  • Natural Laws, sometimes called "inalienable rights," are sufficient to declare morality objective.

  • The frequent presence of deep and intractable disagreement about morality indicates that no objective moral truths exist.

  • Morality does not operate in terms of true and false, hence it cannot be objective since objectiveness relies on these categories.

  • Intersubjective theories of morality adequately explain morality.

  • It is logically self-evident that morality can only be subjective.

  • Even if morality were objective, we'd have no way of knowing it.

  • Even if morality were objective, we'd have no reason to care about it.

  • Even if morality were objective, there would be no reason for it to align with (modern and/or Western) human values.

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