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... suggest that in fact they are subjective. This form proposes absolute moral values and ignores relative morals even though such an idea is very plausible. Many people would dispute that there is Absolute Truth/Morality and claim that everything is dependent on a situation in terms of historical context, culture and society. However, it could also be said that there are some Absolute Morals that can be applied to any generation and culture, e.g. paedophilia. Therefore one could argue that if there are some Absolute Morals, maybe all morality is objective and it is the job of humanity to search for such 'perfection', i.e. God's will. The second problem with the First Form is that there are in fact naturalistic explanations for moral laws and values etc. For example, it could be maintained that social animals need instincts to encourage co-operation and morality in order to survive. Therefore, humans have such instincts ...
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