Theory There’s no such thing as something being objectively right or wrong.

[Subterranean]

The law is a Good system, but not the best.


Everything is subjective, because everyone views the world differently. Murder is legally wrong, but not objectively wrong. If killing were objectively wrong, that judgment would be universal and unchanging. Yet history and culture prove otherwise. Some tribes and ritualistic societies have viewed killing as honorable, necessary, or even sacred. This alone shows that moral judgments are not fixed facts.
For something to be truly objective, it must be unchangeable by perspective, culture, or belief—like death itself. Death is objective and inevitable. Once someone is killed, that outcome cannot be debated. However, the meaning of the action—whether it is seen as right or wrong—depends entirely on human interpretation.
The outcome of a cause may be inevitable, but that does not determine how an action is perceived. You might argue that a killer should be punished, yet another culture may honor the same act. The death remains objective, but guilt, justification, and moral judgment do not.
This is why intent and reason matter more than the result when judging right and wrong. Killing in self-defense, killing to prevent a greater harm, killing for revenge, and killing for ritual all lead to the same outcome—a death—but they are not judged equally. The cause reveals intent, and intent shapes moral judgment. Therefore, morality cannot be objective, because it is inseparable from human perspective, values, and context.

 

[Animecel2D]

You’ve articulated a clear and internally consistent moral relativist position, and it’s a strong one. I’ll do three things below:

1. Clarify what your argument successfully establishes
2. Identify the main philosophical challenges to it
3. Suggest how you could strengthen it (or where it genuinely remains contested)

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1. What your argument does well​

You convincingly show that:

• Moral disagreement across cultures and history is real and persistent
• The physical facts of an action (e.g., death) are objective, while
• The moral evaluation of that action varies by intent, culture, and context
• Intent matters more than outcome, which already undermines outcome-based objectivism

Your distinction between:

• objective facts (someone died)
• normative judgments (whether that death was “wrong”)

is philosophically sound and widely accepted—even by many moral realists.

You are also right that:

• Law is a system of enforced norms, not moral truth itself
• Universality in belief ≠ truth, but lack of universality raises a serious problem for claims of objectivity

This places your view firmly in meta-ethical relativism or subjectivism, and you defend it coherently.

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2. The strongest objections to your position​

Where your argument becomes controversial (not weak, but contested) is here:

“If killing were objectively wrong, that judgment would be universal and unchanging.”

This is the main pressure point.

Objection 1: Disagreement ≠ subjectivity​

Moral realists argue:

• People disagreed about astronomy, disease, and physics for millennia
• Those facts were still objective, even when widely misunderstood

So they would say:

Cultural disagreement shows moral ignorance, not moral nonexistence.

In other words:

• The fact that some societies honored killing doesn’t prove it wasn’t objectively wrong
• It may only prove that humans are bad at moral reasoning

Your argument assumes:

Objectivity requires consensus

But that’s a strong assumption, and moral realists reject it.

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Objection 2: Intent-based judgments don’t refute objectivity​

You argue:

Different intentions leading to the same outcome show morality is subjective.

A realist reply would be:

• Objective moral systems can still weigh intent as an objective factor
• The rule might be: “Intentional unjustified killing is objectively wrong”

So variation in judgment doesn’t necessarily imply subjectivity—only complex criteria.

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Objection 3: “Objective” doesn’t mean “inevitable like death”​

You define objectivity as:

“Unchangeable by perspective, culture, or belief—like death.”

That definition is stricter than many philosophers accept.

For example:

• Mathematics is objective, but humans can misunderstand it
• Gravity was objective before Newton described it

So a realist would say:

Morality could be objective without being as brute and unavoidable as death

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3. How to strengthen your position​

If you want to make your argument harder to refute, here are three refinements.

1. Shift from “disagreement” to “no independent verifier”​

Your strongest point isn’t disagreement—it’s this:

There is no external, perspective-free method to verify moral truth the way we verify physical facts.

That’s powerful.

You can’t run an experiment that proves:

• Killing is wrong
• Slavery is wrong
• Torture is wrong

You can only argue from values—which are human constructs.

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2. Emphasize normativity vs descriptivity​

Science describes what is.
Morality prescribes what ought to be.

Your argument implicitly relies on Hume’s is–ought gap, and making that explicit helps:

No set of objective facts about the world logically entails a moral obligation without an added value judgment.

That’s a serious problem for moral objectivism.

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3. Clarify that “law” is pragmatic, not moral truth​

You hint at this well already, but it can be sharpened:

• Law exists to coordinate behavior, reduce harm, and stabilize societies
• It doesn’t claim metaphysical truth—only enforceable consensus

That supports your claim that:

Law can be good without being morally ultimate.

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Bottom line​

Your argument successfully shows that:

• Moral judgments are inseparable from human values, intentions, and social context
• There is no clear mechanism for moral facts to exist independently of minds

What it does not conclusively prove (and likely cannot) is that:

• Objective morality is impossible—only that it is unverifiable and indistinguishable from constructed norms

That’s why this debate has lasted 2,000+ years.

If you want, I can:

• Rewrite this into a tighter philosophical essay
• Help you anticipate and rebut moral realist counterarguments
• Or map this position onto specific philosophers (Hume, Nietzsche, Mackie, etc.)

 

[Dollfucker]

You’ve articulated a clear and internally consistent moral relativist position, and it’s a strong one. I’ll do three things below:

1. Clarify what your argument successfully establishes
2. Identify the main philosophical challenges to it
3. Suggest how you could strengthen it (or where it genuinely remains contested)

---

1. What your argument does well​

You convincingly show that:

• Moral disagreement across cultures and history is real and persistent
• The physical facts of an action (e.g., death) are objective, while
• The moral evaluation of that action varies by intent, culture, and context
• Intent matters more than outcome, which already undermines outcome-based objectivism

Your distinction between:

• objective facts (someone died)
• normative judgments (whether that death was “wrong”)

is philosophically sound and widely accepted—even by many moral realists.

You are also right that:

• Law is a system of enforced norms, not moral truth itself
• Universality in belief ≠ truth, but lack of universality raises a serious problem for claims of objectivity

This places your view firmly in meta-ethical relativism or subjectivism, and you defend it coherently.

---

2. The strongest objections to your position​

Where your argument becomes controversial (not weak, but contested) is here:


This is the main pressure point.

Objection 1: Disagreement ≠ subjectivity​

Moral realists argue:

• People disagreed about astronomy, disease, and physics for millennia
• Those facts were still objective, even when widely misunderstood

So they would say:


In other words:

• The fact that some societies honored killing doesn’t prove it wasn’t objectively wrong
• It may only prove that humans are bad at moral reasoning

Your argument assumes:


But that’s a strong assumption, and moral realists reject it.

---

Objection 2: Intent-based judgments don’t refute objectivity​

You argue:


A realist reply would be:

• Objective moral systems can still weigh intent as an objective factor
• The rule might be: “Intentional unjustified killing is objectively wrong”

So variation in judgment doesn’t necessarily imply subjectivity—only complex criteria.

---

Objection 3: “Objective” doesn’t mean “inevitable like death”​

You define objectivity as:


That definition is stricter than many philosophers accept.

For example:

• Mathematics is objective, but humans can misunderstand it
• Gravity was objective before Newton described it

So a realist would say:

---

3. How to strengthen your position​

If you want to make your argument harder to refute, here are three refinements.

1. Shift from “disagreement” to “no independent verifier”​

Your strongest point isn’t disagreement—it’s this:


That’s powerful.

You can’t run an experiment that proves:

• Killing is wrong
• Slavery is wrong
• Torture is wrong

You can only argue from values—which are human constructs.

---

2. Emphasize normativity vs descriptivity​

Science describes what is.
Morality prescribes what ought to be.

Your argument implicitly relies on Hume’s is–ought gap, and making that explicit helps:


That’s a serious problem for moral objectivism.

---

3. Clarify that “law” is pragmatic, not moral truth​

You hint at this well already, but it can be sharpened:

• Law exists to coordinate behavior, reduce harm, and stabilize societies
• It doesn’t claim metaphysical truth—only enforceable consensus

That supports your claim that:

---

Bottom line​

Your argument successfully shows that:

• Moral judgments are inseparable from human values, intentions, and social context
• There is no clear mechanism for moral facts to exist independently of minds

What it does not conclusively prove (and likely cannot) is that:

• Objective morality is impossible—only that it is unverifiable and indistinguishable from constructed norms

That’s why this debate has lasted 2,000+ years.

If you want, I can:

• Rewrite this into a tighter philosophical essay
• Help you anticipate and rebut moral realist counterarguments
• Or map this position onto specific philosophers (Hume, Nietzsche, Mackie, etc.)

CuckGPT

 

[CRASH THE CUCK]

dnr

 

[Wrath]

—

 

[Subterranean]

You’ve articulated a clear and internally consistent moral relativist position, and it’s a strong one. I’ll do three things below:

1. Clarify what your argument successfully establishes
2. Identify the main philosophical challenges to it
3. Suggest how you could strengthen it (or where it genuinely remains contested)

---

1. What your argument does well​

You convincingly show that:

• Moral disagreement across cultures and history is real and persistent
• The physical facts of an action (e.g., death) are objective, while
• The moral evaluation of that action varies by intent, culture, and context
• Intent matters more than outcome, which already undermines outcome-based objectivism

Your distinction between:

• objective facts (someone died)
• normative judgments (whether that death was “wrong”)

is philosophically sound and widely accepted—even by many moral realists.

You are also right that:

• Law is a system of enforced norms, not moral truth itself
• Universality in belief ≠ truth, but lack of universality raises a serious problem for claims of objectivity

This places your view firmly in meta-ethical relativism or subjectivism, and you defend it coherently.

---

2. The strongest objections to your position​

Where your argument becomes controversial (not weak, but contested) is here:


This is the main pressure point.

Objection 1: Disagreement ≠ subjectivity​

Moral realists argue:

• People disagreed about astronomy, disease, and physics for millennia
• Those facts were still objective, even when widely misunderstood

So they would say:


In other words:

• The fact that some societies honored killing doesn’t prove it wasn’t objectively wrong
• It may only prove that humans are bad at moral reasoning

Your argument assumes:


But that’s a strong assumption, and moral realists reject it.

---

Objection 2: Intent-based judgments don’t refute objectivity​

You argue:


A realist reply would be:

• Objective moral systems can still weigh intent as an objective factor
• The rule might be: “Intentional unjustified killing is objectively wrong”

So variation in judgment doesn’t necessarily imply subjectivity—only complex criteria.

---

Objection 3: “Objective” doesn’t mean “inevitable like death”​

You define objectivity as:


That definition is stricter than many philosophers accept.

For example:

• Mathematics is objective, but humans can misunderstand it
• Gravity was objective before Newton described it

So a realist would say:

---

3. How to strengthen your position​

If you want to make your argument harder to refute, here are three refinements.

1. Shift from “disagreement” to “no independent verifier”​

Your strongest point isn’t disagreement—it’s this:


That’s powerful.

You can’t run an experiment that proves:

• Killing is wrong
• Slavery is wrong
• Torture is wrong

You can only argue from values—which are human constructs.

---

2. Emphasize normativity vs descriptivity​

Science describes what is.
Morality prescribes what ought to be.

Your argument implicitly relies on Hume’s is–ought gap, and making that explicit helps:


That’s a serious problem for moral objectivism.

---

3. Clarify that “law” is pragmatic, not moral truth​

You hint at this well already, but it can be sharpened:

• Law exists to coordinate behavior, reduce harm, and stabilize societies
• It doesn’t claim metaphysical truth—only enforceable consensus

That supports your claim that:

---

Bottom line​

Your argument successfully shows that:

• Moral judgments are inseparable from human values, intentions, and social context
• There is no clear mechanism for moral facts to exist independently of minds

What it does not conclusively prove (and likely cannot) is that:

• Objective morality is impossible—only that it is unverifiable and indistinguishable from constructed norms

That’s why this debate has lasted 2,000+ years.

If you want, I can:

• Rewrite this into a tighter philosophical essay
• Help you anticipate and rebut moral realist counterarguments
• Or map this position onto specific philosophers (Hume, Nietzsche, Mackie, etc.)

Okay, I appreciate the reply

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

Strong first post.

This is something I realised years ago.

 

[anon65]

Moral relativist spotted

 

[Subterranean]

Moral relativist spotted

i simply believe everyone has their own moral, and no one has the authority to tell someone what they think is wrong if it contradicts what that person thinks... everyone perceives things differently so that makes most thing bothersome to label whether it right or wrong, right?

 

[anon65]

i simply believe everyone has their own moral, and no one has the authority to tell someone what they think is wrong if it contradicts what that person thinks... everyone perceives things differently so that makes most thing bothersome to label whether it right or wrong, right?

Sure, people have different morals, but if you accept everyone else's moral beliefs and allow them to engage as such, anyone could kill or rob you and it be moral in their mind.

 

[Subterranean]

Sure, people have different morals, but if you accept everyone else's moral beliefs and allow them to engage as such, anyone could kill or rob you and it be moral in their mind.

yes, that's basically the key mindset. But results of an action is inevitable and objective, a death or the victim getting robbed is an objective result and i don't see anything wrong with that, for us it is, for the thief and killer they did it for a reason. Action is objective, intent is not. Still receives punishment because of the modern systematic law.