Ethical Subjectivism
1. What is the basic idea of ethical subjectivism? Why might a person argue that the theory is broken. What are the flaws of the theory?
The basic idea of ethical subjectivism is that your own opinion is your own truth and considered a fact even if is not in agreement with someone else’s opinion/truth because the conclusion was drawn from your own perspective from personal experiences. A person might argue that the theory is broken when the truth of another is a falsehood according to his/her perspective.
There are some flaws with this theory. Personal opinions are only good in limited environments and circumstances. This theory gives the okay that statements can be expressed according to one’s opinion/beliefs with no factual evidence. …show more content…
The first way is to show hat the theory is mistaken in truth. Second, is to show that the theory is inconsistent. And the third way to raise objection to an ethical theory is to show that the theory is incomplete. 3. In 38 who saw murder, why do you think no one called the police? Would you call? Why or why not? In 38 who saw murder, I believed no one called the police because they were not in tuned with their moral compass and were being selfish because it was not happening to them nor a love one; an example of “not my circus, not my monkeys”. Some people tend to disassociate themselves from situations that does not impact them nor benefit them.
I am a conscientious person and would have called the police because that was the right thing to do. I believe that I would have had remorse if I watched and did nothing. I feel that the impact of her death would not have been detrimental to my state of mind knowing I did what I could to help.
4. In the Ring of Gyges, it is suggested that all men are immoral. And the men that appear to be moral on the surface only do so because they fear the consequences of their actions. Where do you stand? Do believe that most people are moral because they "should" be or are they moral because they fear what will happen to them if they are
The basic idea of ethical subjectivism is that your own opinion is your own truth and considered a fact even if is not in agreement with someone else’s opinion/truth because the conclusion was drawn from your own perspective from personal experiences. A person might argue that the theory is broken when the truth of another is a falsehood according to his/her perspective.
There are some flaws with this theory. Personal opinions are only good in limited environments and circumstances. This theory gives the okay that statements can be expressed according to one’s opinion/beliefs with no factual evidence. …show more content…
The first way is to show hat the theory is mistaken in truth. Second, is to show that the theory is inconsistent. And the third way to raise objection to an ethical theory is to show that the theory is incomplete. 3. In 38 who saw murder, why do you think no one called the police? Would you call? Why or why not? In 38 who saw murder, I believed no one called the police because they were not in tuned with their moral compass and were being selfish because it was not happening to them nor a love one; an example of “not my circus, not my monkeys”. Some people tend to disassociate themselves from situations that does not impact them nor benefit them.
I am a conscientious person and would have called the police because that was the right thing to do. I believe that I would have had remorse if I watched and did nothing. I feel that the impact of her death would not have been detrimental to my state of mind knowing I did what I could to help.
4. In the Ring of Gyges, it is suggested that all men are immoral. And the men that appear to be moral on the surface only do so because they fear the consequences of their actions. Where do you stand? Do believe that most people are moral because they "should" be or are they moral because they fear what will happen to them if they are