Moral objectivism

Moral objectivism is the position that certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion.

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Models of objective morality may be atheistic, monotheistic (in the case of the Abrahamic religions), or pantheistic (in the case of Hinduism). The moral codes may stem from reason, from the divine, or from a combination of the two. These various systems differ as to the nature of the objective morality, but agree on its existence. It is this diversity between codes of objective morality, and the seemingly endless debates between people over irreconcilably different claims to objective morality that lead many to reject the concept entirely, in favor of subjective morality. (see moral relativism)

Related Topics:
Abrahamic religion - Hinduism - Reason - Divine - Moral relativism

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In their effort to overcome these difficulties, advocates of objective morality have proposed a number of means to bridge the gap between the objective and subjective.

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