Kristian Alvarez
Professor Kyle Yrigoyen
Philosophy 61
29 September 2017
Subjectivism
Each individual person in the world is equipped with different sets of morals based on the environment they grew up in and how they were raised. This can lead to arguments about what is morally right or wrong.The differences in morals is most apparent when it comes to different Cultures because of the geography and habits based on each group of people. So since Culture relativism exist, there can’t be a real right or wrong in the world. Knowledge thus becomes subjective because there is no real truth due to the fact that individual Cultures perceive things differently. In the book Elements of Moral Philosophy, by James Rachels, subjectivism is how people’s …show more content…
Say that someone, Lisa, agrees with the Yulin Dog Meat Festival and that eating dog meat is not as bad as it seems. According to subjectivism, an individual cannot say that this is wrong because Lisa personally enjoys the festival and eating dog meat. If Lisa were to state that eating dogs and attending the Yulin Dog Meat Festival were wrong and she still decides to participate in these things, then she would be wrong. Subjectivism may also state that slavery was not wrong. If slave owners believed that owning slaves were correct then they would not be doing anything wrong because it is what they felt was right. Some can construct an argument against Subjectivism with the use of Math. Math is in fact something that is universally accepted. Every culture in the world accepts the fact that math is something that can only be true. No matter what circumstances there are, the square root of sixteen will always be four. Technology is also something that the world can universally agree on. Although modern day technology is not used in every culture, some form of technology has helped cultures become who they are. There claims to be nothing false about math and technology since they are both universally
Professor Kyle Yrigoyen
Philosophy 61
29 September 2017
Subjectivism
Each individual person in the world is equipped with different sets of morals based on the environment they grew up in and how they were raised. This can lead to arguments about what is morally right or wrong.The differences in morals is most apparent when it comes to different Cultures because of the geography and habits based on each group of people. So since Culture relativism exist, there can’t be a real right or wrong in the world. Knowledge thus becomes subjective because there is no real truth due to the fact that individual Cultures perceive things differently. In the book Elements of Moral Philosophy, by James Rachels, subjectivism is how people’s …show more content…
Say that someone, Lisa, agrees with the Yulin Dog Meat Festival and that eating dog meat is not as bad as it seems. According to subjectivism, an individual cannot say that this is wrong because Lisa personally enjoys the festival and eating dog meat. If Lisa were to state that eating dogs and attending the Yulin Dog Meat Festival were wrong and she still decides to participate in these things, then she would be wrong. Subjectivism may also state that slavery was not wrong. If slave owners believed that owning slaves were correct then they would not be doing anything wrong because it is what they felt was right. Some can construct an argument against Subjectivism with the use of Math. Math is in fact something that is universally accepted. Every culture in the world accepts the fact that math is something that can only be true. No matter what circumstances there are, the square root of sixteen will always be four. Technology is also something that the world can universally agree on. Although modern day technology is not used in every culture, some form of technology has helped cultures become who they are. There claims to be nothing false about math and technology since they are both universally