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Jay520 on 23 October 2012
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Max King of the Wild said:


It doesn't matter if I think killing in this situation is right or wrong. People will draw their own conclusions and base their opinion on one thing or another. It's subjective in the sense that there are arguments for both sides and everyone will decide differently on the matter. The only thing that would change from person to person are the views. However, the actual action is either right or wrong.

Lets turn back the clock to before Galileo. Now, I can say the Earth is flat and the sun revolves around it. I could provide some reasoning to why I believe this. Now, people can refute this and provide reasoning for their beliefs. One side of this is obviously right. The earth can not be both flat and round at the same time. This is what I am saying. An action can not be right and wrong at the same time. But just like people before Galileo we have no way of knowing which is true before investigation and unfortunatly for us in this particular situation even after investigating we can't say with certainty who is correct.


I understand what you're trying to say. 

But morality is a human-created concept. Truth/fase exists regardless of if humans determine if something's true or false. On the other hand, humans are required to say what's moral or immoral. So if no human can prove that X is objectively right/wrong, then X is not objectively wrong, and thus it is subjective.

For example, if a population is split on the morality of X, how is it possible for X to be objectively moral or immoral? Imagine a group of 100 people. 50 people believe X is moral; 50 people believe X is immoral. They've discussed the morality of X for years, yet their opinions have not changed. They've heard every possible argument possible. According to you, one of the groups is right and the other is wrong. But on what basis can you say one is right and one is wrong? All you would be doing is giving your own opinion and there would be no way to prove that your opinion is correct. 

In this case, no human can prove X is objectively right/wrong. So the morality of the situation is completely subjective.