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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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