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Ethical subjectivism (also known as moral subjectivism and moral non-objectivism)[1] is the meta-ethical view which claims that: This makes ethical subjectivism a form of cognitivism (because ethical statements are the types of things that can be true or false).[4] Ethical subjectivism stands in opposition to moral realism, which claims that moral propositions refer to objective facts, independent of human opinion;[5] to error theory, which denies that any moral propositions are true in any sense; and to non-cognitivism, which denies that moral sentences express propositions at all.[6] Ethical subjectivism is a form of moral anti-realism that denies the "metaphysical thesis" of moral realism, (the claim that moral truths are ordinary facts about the world).[7] Instead ethical subjectivism claims that moral truths are based on the mental states of individuals or groups of people. The moral realist is committed to some version of the following three statements:[8][9] Moral anti-realism i

Ethical subjectivism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philosophical position Ethical subjectivism (also known as moral subjectivism and moral non-objectivism ) [ 1 ] is the meta-ethical view which claims that: Ethical sentences express propositions . Some such propositions are true. The truth or falsity of such propositions is ineliminably dependent on the (actual or hypothetical) attitudes of people. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This makes ethical subjectivism a form of cognitivism (because ethical statements are the types of things that can be true or false). [ 4 ] Ethical su

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