Re: Subjective Morality

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:04:25 -0500

hal@rain.org wrote:
>I don't agree. The real question is whether there is any meaning to the
>term "objective morality". I don't know a definition which avoids
>circularity.
>
>Objective morality: a system for telling which actions are moral.
>Moral: the quality of actions in keeping with objective morality.

Eh? Try this: The moral question asks "What should everyone do?"

Thus, a given moral code is a system for telling which action(s) we should do. Morality answers the moral question defined above.

Subjective morality is a system that answers the moral question in such a way that the answer depends on who asks.

Objective morality is a system that answers the moral question in such a way that the answer does not depend on who asks.

-Dan

-GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-