Two possible arguments against the existence of objective morality (and possible responses)
This video lecture builds off of a reading by MacKinnon & Fiala, wherein they canvas four arguments or reasons that moral skepticism or relativism are attractive. In the video I only discuss two of these reasons : (1) the existence pervasiveness, and persistence of moral disagreement and (2) the diversity of situations in which moral agents find themselves. This is part of an introductory level philosophy course, Introduction to Ethics.

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David Hume's Argument Against Moral Realism

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Bernard Williams' Attack on Moral Relativism

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John Locke's argument, from 1689, for Divine Morality -- it's strengths and weaknesses

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Does Moral Error prove that there are Objective Moral Laws?

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The Liar Paradox - an explanation of the paradox from 400 BCE

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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals

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A.J. Ayer's Emotivist Theory of Moral Language

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The Famous 'Sheriff' Counterexample to Utilitarianism

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Does Occam's Razor rule out Objective Morality?

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Plato's Euthyphro - Which comes first: God or Morality?

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Are Ethics Just Emotions? - Simon Blackburn

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