[EDIT: The way I had initially described the distinction was misleading, as pointed out by thomblake. I apologize for potentially skewing the results of the poll, although I don’t think my revised version is that far off from the earlier version. Still, I should have been more careful.]
Moral realism: There are objective moral facts, i.e. there are facts about what is right and wrong (or good and bad) that are not constituted by a subject’s beliefs and desires.
i.e. there are facts about what is right and wrong (or good and bad) that are not agent-relative.
Is that right? I’ve understood that you can be a realist about subject-sensitive objective moral facts. Is that different from saying that the facts are “agent-relative”?
You’re right, my potted descriptions here are misleading. Certain forms of relativism are appropriately classified as realist. I’ll edit my descriptions.
[EDIT: The way I had initially described the distinction was misleading, as pointed out by thomblake. I apologize for potentially skewing the results of the poll, although I don’t think my revised version is that far off from the earlier version. Still, I should have been more careful.]
Moral realism: There are objective moral facts, i.e. there are facts about what is right and wrong (or good and bad) that are not constituted by a subject’s beliefs and desires.
Moral anti-realism: The denial of moral realism.
Is that right? I’ve understood that you can be a realist about subject-sensitive objective moral facts. Is that different from saying that the facts are “agent-relative”?
You’re right, my potted descriptions here are misleading. Certain forms of relativism are appropriately classified as realist. I’ll edit my descriptions.
Thanks! I was concerned I had it wrong.
Other : depends on the level of the desires (object-level, meta-level, etc.)