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Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:07 am
by Baltazorg
I was wondering if anyone could present valid arguments for objective rather than subjective morals.

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:26 am
by 29qr63
No. All morals resolve to opinions. They are merely concepts formed by biased subjective brains.

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:05 am
by RickD
Actually, this topic has been discussed quite a bit here. Start with this.

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:09 am
by PaulSacramento
I think that it is very hard to separate a moral from the society culture that it is influence by ( or vice-versa) , so to a certain degree all morals are subjective.
That said, there is a universal view that morals DO exist and there is a universal view that doing something harmful to a person is bad, so in that regard, there seems to be a Objective ( absolute) moral.

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:01 am
by jlay
29qr63 wrote:No. All morals resolve to opinions. They are merely concepts formed by biased subjective brains.
Prove it!!

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:07 am
by theophilus
This question is directly connected to the question of whether God exists. If there is a God and he has given us standards of right and wrong then his commands constitute objective morality. If there isn't then there can be no such thing as objective morality.

Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:19 am
by B. W.
theophilus wrote:This question is directly connected to the question of whether God exists. If there is a God and he has given us standards of right and wrong then his commands constitute objective morality. If there isn't then there can be no such thing as objective morality.
Yes...

Summed up by humanities need to know right from wrong and God's intervention to define right and wrong to satisfy the need...
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Re: Is there a way to prove objective morality?

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:54 am
by Silvertusk
Baltazorg wrote:I was wondering if anyone could present valid arguments for objective rather than subjective morals.
There is no proof that objective moral arguments exist only that if God does exist then they do.