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     25     <div class="exported-note"><h1>Lecture 1: subjectivism &amp; objectivism</h1>
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     27       <div id="rendered-md"><p>cultural relativism: no objective moral standard, only relative to a culture<br>
     28           ethics: study of moral standards. these standards are:</p>
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     30           <li>subjectivism: based on feelings
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     32               <li>example: &quot;boooo i think this sucks&quot;</li>
     33               <li>can't account for disagreements (if someone criticises you, you could just say &quot;muh culture&quot;)</li>
     34               <li>even if agreement in <em>belief</em>, may have a conflict of attitudes: I agree you like something, but think you shouldn't and encourage you not to
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     36                   <li>objectivist: &quot;you should change your attitude for good reasons&quot;</li>
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     39               <li>why people like it: moral standards not 'scientifically testable' so seem up to us</li>
     40               <li>why people don't: there's stuff that seems clearly criticizable (slavery, racism) for good reasons</li>
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     43           <li>objectivism: based on reasons
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     45               <li>example: &quot;this objectively sucks for good reasons&quot;</li>
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     49         <p>why ethics? helps resolve moral dilemmas and make decisions in a systematic, intelligent way.</p>
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