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subjectivism. introduction. relativisim. definitions. 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.
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subjectivism introduction
definitions An objective truthis 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: The moral status of an action is independent of the circumstances in which it takes place.
definitions Objectivism: There are at least some objective moral truths. Subjectivism: There are no objective moral truths…
subjectivism 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”.
the toleration argument 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 Objectivism requires intolerance. Intolerance is wrong. [So] Objectivism is false.