The problems with moral subjectivism

• Main Author: TAN, Seow Hon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Moral subjectivism; moral realists; Law; Law and Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2140; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4088/viewcontent/ProblemsMoralSubjectivism_2017.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Moral dialogue for moral subjectivists is gravely limited. As soon as moral subjectivists hold another person to any moral standard independent of the person’s belief, they must give up their moral subjectivism. Some moral subjectivists might turn out to be moral realists who accord primacy to autonomy. This, however, is a senseless position that renders all persons equally worthless, unless such moral realists concede that norms that limit autonomy exist. But if so, they are not different from any other moral realists after all.