Vad är det som gör en handling moraliskt riktig?
Enligt regeletiker är en handling rätt endast om den överensstämmer med personens moraliska regelsystem. Rättighetsetik är en slags regeletik där en handling anses rätt om den främjar rättigheter och inte kränker någons rättigheter.
Kan vi ha kunskap om moral och värdefrågor?
Att värderingar är subjektiva, att värdesatser enbart är uttryck för känslor och attityder utan objektiv motsvarighet i verkligheten (NE, Nordin 2015). Skepticism, uppfattningen att man inte kan ha kunskap i värdefrågor. Enligt skepticismen kan man inte veta att en viss handling är moraliskt fel.
What is the difference between moral objectivism and absolutism?
Finally, a moral objectivist may believe that “torturing babies for fun” or “slavery is ok” are objectively wrong. Absolutism, on the other hand, is the belief that some moral facts apply to all times and places. Objectivity has to do with the status of moral rules: “whether they are correct independently of our opinion of them.”
Can you be an Objectivist and reject absolutism and relativism?
In short, confusing objectivism with absolutism is one of the most common misconceptions on this issue, and many turn to relativism because anything looks good as an alternative to absolutism. However, you can be an objectivist and reject both absolutism and relativism.
Is moral absolutism a slippery slope to hypermoralism?
”Moral absolutism, believing that you are more right about morality than others, can be thought of as the first step toward hypermoralism, harming others in support of your moral principles. […] we should be working to expand our moral imaginations.” This is a slippery slope argument and also appeals to consequentialism .
Can a moral Objectivist believe in God?
A moral objectivist may believe it is good to lie in some cases, but not others just as a doctor may believe it is objectively good to give some people insulin, but not other people. Criticism 7: Cultural Relativism is probably inconsistent with belief in God.