“Absolute morality exists independent of human opinion”
Agree
- Some acts are universally wrong across cultures
- Math truths exist objectively, why not moral ones
- Without it, nothing is truly evil
- Conscience points to transcendent standards
Disagree
- Morality varies wildly across cultures and time
- Evolution shaped our moral intuitions
- No way to prove objective moral facts
- Moral progress implies changing standards
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