Cengiz Rusan

10/21/16
Period 4
Humanities

Objectivism vs. Moral Relativism

Morality is objective. We know there are rights and wrongs, such as love your child, murdering is

bad, and so on. Moral objectivism is based off of Gods word and He wants his people to adhere to

what He says. Moral subjectivism basically says that people, as humans, in our minds conceive what is

right and what is wrong to us. People can choose to follow Gods word or to believe their own morals.

Morality is objective and is made by what God says, according to religion.

In the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, the followers believe that their God has all the

say in what is right or wrong, such as not harming innocent people and murdering. In the article Moral

Relativism and Objectivism, the author says, The view that what is right or wrong doesnt depend on

what anyone thinks is right or wrong. People such as the Christians, Jews, and Muslims do not depend

on what they think is just or unjust or right or wrong. The thought of the just and unjust depend on what

God is saying and what he has said. They may be afraid to think that something is just in their opinion

and if God does not think the action is unjust, then He will punish them.

In the article, Moral Realism & Relativism, the author says, It is impossible for a culture (or

an individual, community, etc.) to improve or decline morally. Improvement and decline both work on

the assumption that there is some objective set of moral standards, and relativism denies this. Cultures,

religions, communities, individuals, they cannot improve their morals or deteriorate their morals. They

follow the morals of God. It is physically impossible to change the morals that people have been

following for years past, and will follow for years to come. The only maybe possible way of changing a

cultures morals is to have everyone who follows that culture change how they think about the morals

and possibly disregard some morals.

There is not any real evidence to prove that the the belief of morality is objective or subjective. In

Professor Joshua Knope of Yale Universitys article, he says, No real evidence is offered for the initial

assumption that ordinary people treat moral claims as getting at something objective. There is no

physical or tangible evidence to prove that assuming people treat moral choices as something God says

is moral or immoral because there is no physical evidence that we can prove true to prove that Gods

sayings are true, or actually given to people by Him. We may not know if God even exists, because He

hasnt shown any evidence of Himself since the time of Moses, and that was long ago. We do not know

if the stories of God from the Hebrews, Christians, and Muslims are true, yet those and many more

monotheistic religions believe in an all-mighty and higher power.

Moral realism, or moral objectivism, is defined as what God chooses to be moral or immoral, His

people or followers must follow what He says is moral or immoral. The brief definition of moral

objectivism is that it is based off of what God in any monotheistic religion has said. The brief definition

of moral subjectivism is we, as people, decide what is moral and immoral, without any conscience from

a higher power, such as God.

Works Cited

1. "Moral Relativism and Objectivism." Moral Relativism and Objectivism. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct.

2016.
2. Knobe, Joshua, Prof. "Do People Actually Believe in Objective Moral Truths?"On the Human.

National Humanities Center, 13 Dec. 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2016.

3.Study Guide: Moral Realism & Relativism (n.d.): Web. 21 Oct. 2016.