Ethics and Values / Unit 2 Ethics 061 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Simple Subjectivism
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The idea
Simple subjectivism holds that a moral statement reports the speaker's own attitude: "X is wrong" states "I disapprove of X," and nothing more.
In practice
Two roommates argue about eating meat. On simple subjectivism, one reports approval, the other reports disapproval, and both reports are accurate.
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