moral truth
What's truly good
Moral truth refers to claims about right and wrong that hold regardless of individual opinion or cultural variation—the idea that some ethical statements are objectively true or false.
Philosophers debate whether moral truths exist independently or are human constructions.
Is "torture is wrong" a moral truth, or just a widely held belief?
Those who believe in moral truth argue that ethics isn't merely preference.
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- right and wrongEthical distinction
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- righteousMorally good, justified
- conscienceInternal moral sense
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- moralsethics lessons, conscience, principles, values, ethics
- truthsfacts, fact, reality, verity, verities
- ethicsdeontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism, consequentialism
- religious ethicsChristian ethics, divine command, divine law, love thy neighbor, sacred law
- metaethicsnon-cognitivism, cognitivism, prescriptivism, externalism, open question
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
moral truthmoral relativism
Values vary by context
cultural convention · amoralism · social construct · emotional reaction · gut feeling
moral truthvalue judgment
Assessment of worth/morality
moral intuition · cultural convention · social construct · wishful thinking
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