Lecture 1 subjectivism & objectivism.md (1063B)
1 +++ 2 title = 'Lecture 1: subjectivism & objectivism' 3 +++ 4 # Lecture 1: subjectivism & objectivism 5 cultural relativism: no objective moral standard, only relative to a culture 6 7 ethics: study of moral standards. these standards are: 8 - subjectivism: based on feelings 9 - example: "boooo i think this sucks" 10 - can't account for disagreements (if someone criticises you, you could just say "muh culture") 11 - even if agreement in _belief_, may have a conflict of attitudes: I agree you like something, but think you shouldn't and encourage you not to 12 - objectivist: "you should change your attitude for good reasons" 13 - why people like it: moral standards not 'scientifically testable' so seem up to us 14 - why people don't: there's stuff that seems clearly criticizable (slavery, racism) for good reasons 15 - objectivism: based on reasons 16 - example: "this objectively sucks for good reasons" 17 18 why ethics? helps resolve moral dilemmas and make decisions in a systematic, intelligent way. 19 20 Todo: 21 - read chapter 2 (challenge of cultural relativism): 22 - section 3.4