objective morality
Mind-independent right/wrong
Objective morality is the philosophical position that moral truths exist independently of what anyone thinks or feels about them—that some actions are genuinely right or wrong regardless of cultural beliefs or personal opinion.
The view contrasts with moral relativism, which holds that ethical judgments vary by society or individual.
She argued for objective morality, insisting that torture is wrong whether or not a culture endorses it.
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- truthAccordance with reality
- universalAffecting all equally
- right and wrongEthical distinction
right · wrong · golden rule · duty · conscience · divine · higher power · commandments · natural law · Kant · categorical imperative · imperative · principle · virtue · sin · justice · God · reason
- moral absolutescategorical imperative
- philosophy questionsthought experiments, hypotheticals, trolley problem, ship of Theseus, philosophical questions
- Ayn RandAyn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, John Galt, Rand
objective moralitymoral relativism
Values vary by context
cultural relativism · situational ethics · subjectivism · relativism · conventionalism
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