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Huck and His Moral Compasses. Objective vs. Subjective Morality. Subjective Morality. Morality (i.e. r ight and wrong) is not always the same It can differ from society to society, culture to culture, person to person, historical period to historical period, etc. Objective Morality. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Huck and His Moral
CompassesObjective vs. Subjective
Morality
Subjective Morality Morality (i.e. right and
wrong) is not always the same
It can differ from society to society, culture to culture, person to person, historical period to historical period, etc.
Objective Morality Morality (i.e. right and wrong) is always the
same Even from person to person and society to
society, there are certain things that are wrong
(continued) Objective Morality is NOT claiming that all
societies and cultures have the same morality – this is, of course, false
So what is it claiming? Certain things are right and certain things are
wrong, and if a society disagrees with, then the society is wrong
i.e. Even though the Nazis thought genocide was OK, we can say it was wrong, even for them
Questions What do we believe? Why?
Pros of Subjective Morality Freedom Self-determining Non-judgmental Avoids certain “oppressive” systems Any problems?
Analogy Is Act X right or wrong?
“It depends on the person” is one answer
Is there a coin in my pocket? Does your opinion change reality? Does it
change from person to person? Why is this the case for morality?
Problems with Subjective Morality
By claiming there is nothing objective right or wrong, we lose all ability to judge ANY moral situations
A pro-slavery country is just as moral as a anti-slavery state
Not only can we not claim the Nazis’ hopes of genocide is wrong, but we must make the claim that their hopes are as good as our hopes that genocide never happens again
The best subjective morality can claim is this: “I think a society that supports slavery should changed, but only because my society has taught me that – not because slavery and racism are wrong.”
If we want to make the claim that racism and slavery are wrong and shouldn’t be in ANY society, then we’re claiming there is some aspect of objective morality.
Problems with Objective Morality
Where do we go to find the things that are objectively right or wrong?
What should our moral compasses be?
Twain and Huck For Twain to claim racism and slavery are
wrong, which he does, he must be appealing to some for of a moral compass
What is it?