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subjectivism

subjectivism. introduction. An objective truth is one that is true independently of how humans happen to think or feel about it. Objectivism : There are at least some objective moral truths. Absolutism : Some types of actions are right or wrong no matter what the circumstances. definitions.

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  1. subjectivism introduction

  2. An objective truth is one that is true independently of how humans happen to think or feel about it. • Objectivism: There are at least some objective moral truths. • Absolutism: Some types of actions are right or wrong no matter what the circumstances. definitions

  3. Objectivism: There are at least some objective moral truths. • Subjectivism: There are no objective moral truths… definitions

  4. Objectivism: There are at least some objective moral truths. • Subjectivism: There are no objective moral truths. “X is right” means “I approve of X”. “X is wrong” means “I disapprove of X”. subjectivism

  5. Gore… recently praised the lesbian actress who plays 'Ellen' on ABC Television...I believe he… put children, young people, and adults in danger by his public endorsement of deviant homosexual behavior...Our elected leaders are attempting to glorify and legitimize perversion. -Jerry Falwell Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals, the two things seem to go together, it is a pathology it is a sickness. -Pat Robertson the toleration argument

  6. Objectivism requires intolerance. • Intolerance is bad. • [So] Objectivism is false. the toleration argument

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