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Ethics Journal #2

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Subjectivism

Subjectivism, or more precisely said, ethical subjectivism holds that our opinions are merely a reflection of our sentiments or feelings, and there are no facts or truths of morality. People suggest what they feel. They only demonstrate their attitudes when they are sharing their opinions. There is no reason behind their ethical statements. In ‘The Elements of Moral Philosophy', the author gives evidence of how people change their opinions with changing social circumstances by stating that the number of opinions held in favor of homosexuality has increased significantly from 2001 to 2017. This implies that people do not give moral statements based on reason; instead, they only say what they feel about things.

Difference between Subjectivism and Emotivism

Emotivism is a modified version of ethical subjectivism. According to subjectivism, there is no moral conflict, as anyone who gives a moral statement is always right in what he says, because he says what he feels. There is no real disagreement of morality in subjectivism. Whereas, for emotivism, there is a real conflict of morality. Emotivism suggests that moral language is used for persuading and influencing others' behaviors and for expressing personal attitudes. Subjectivism gives the facts regarding one’s attitudes through the use of moral language, and emotivism entails using moral language for persuasion regarding the statements which cannot be categorized as true or false (Jacko).

Good Ethical Reasoning

Good ethical reasoning is evident from the term itself. Besides the two extremes of considering the moral values to be real or fake, there is another dimension to see the reality: ‘reasoning’. We can conclude that a moral statement is true if it is backed by enough reasoning. Proving the truth of a moral statement is not impossible. The only thing needed to prove the truth of an ethical statement is ethical reasoning, which is logically equivalent to the scientific reasoning. The ethical reasoning involves supporting a statement by reasons, establishing principles, and critically evaluating the arguments made for a particular issue.

References

Jacko, Jan Franciszek. Other Moral Theories: Subjectivism, Relativism, Emotivism, Intuitionism, Etc. 2019.

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