Objective Morality?

No, as the choice was between the two variable bears.

 

[Philadelphia]

I can't understand people who argue that there are no objective moral values. Do they really think that, say, raping and murdering little children isn't really wrong?! Would they say that if certain people do it, they are acting morally?! Do they not believe that such actions are truly wrong, independent of the individual performing them?!

 

[vtrupee35]

Nah. Morality is definitely subjective. It is spontaneously growing inside of you. It is greatly influenced by your childhood environment and from there, flourished by your succeeding experiences.

 

If anyone is truly interested in this kind of discussion, here is a paper on universally preferable behavior by Stefan Molyneux.

https://freedomainradio.com/old-free/books/FDR_2_PDF_UPB.pdf

 

[Black Lab]

If you believe in God or the devine, you believe in objective morality.

If you do not believe in God, you may believe that universal truths exist that are able to be known through a combination of perceiving and thinking. Many great philosophical thinkers have held this belief. They too believed in objective morality.

If you do not believe in God or universal truths, you most likely do not believe in objective morality.

My opinion is that it is impossible to ever truly "know" anything. That being said, certain assumptions are made for convenience and from those assumptions I think a decently objective ethical code can be determined.

I agree with this to an extent, but this op is entirely subjective. This is all based upon the person. Every person will have a different answer, and no one will ever have the same answer. Sure they may come very very close, but there are things that each and every person will differ on. Whether you believe in God or universal truths is entirely up to you, but most likely you DO believe in objective morality to an extent. For example the 'WWJD' bracelets.. most people no matter what religion (even atheist), still fathom those, and they still "believe" in those bracelets (make sense?).