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Debate 9 Discussion: Whether morality is absolute

truman burbank
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Posted 08/27/08 - 02:45 AM:	#21
Why I say nay to moral objectivism... If moral objectivism means that a morally right act lacks the capacity to be considered wrong and a morally wrong act lacks the capacity to be right, then no person can undergo the ascription of im/moral in choosing to commit either act. In other words, if moral objectivism prevails, then no one can ever say that you in particular are wrong; one can only say that your act is wrong. This is one consequence of the existence of a moral objectivism. One may not see any harm in this but, if I am a child and I commit a wrong act and I were to ask â€˜what is wrong about it?â€™ we quickly realize how despotic moral objectivism actually is. An act is wrong only because it is considered wrong â€“ there is no deeper reasoning than this, and thus no moral fabric can be abstracted. This is why, I think, moral objectivism is little more than a power trip.

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