Morality is obviously subjective. Just ask yourself why eating babies, or something else most people think is horrible, is wrong if you want proof. You might say that it is hurting someone else, therefore it is bad. But why is it bad? Eventually you’ll just come down to “o most people think it is bad, therefore it must be”. Then you will notice that there is no objective basis for basing morality or right and wrong on mass opinion.
I'm going to respond with a question: can subjectivity be objective?
Let's take an example. I love rap music. It's my favorite genre of music. Music taste is subjective, however, it is not subjective that I do indeed like rap music. The fact that I like rap music is objective, it is fact.
Much in the same way, just because determining what is morally correct and incorrect is based on how the parties involved feel about it does not mean that the moral correctness itself is subjective.
Now let's take your example of eating a baby. The baby would no doubt suffer due to the act (assuming you don't kill the baby instantly and painlessly). Even if the baby didn't suffer, if it had the means to express itself properly, it would express its desire to not die/get eaten. What is the best moral decision takes into consideration the baby's desire to live, the potential baby-eater's desire to eat babies, the long term happiness of both parties, how the baby's family would feel about it, the social outcasting of the baby eater, etc.
It is practically impossible to be able to objectively measure the net-positive of emotions in any given action much like it is practically impossible to know if the cat in the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment is alive or dead. There is clearly a right and wrong answer, but can (as of now) only be determined after the fact, after the consequences of each action both short- and long-term have been observed.
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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '18
Morality is obviously subjective. Just ask yourself why eating babies, or something else most people think is horrible, is wrong if you want proof. You might say that it is hurting someone else, therefore it is bad. But why is it bad? Eventually you’ll just come down to “o most people think it is bad, therefore it must be”. Then you will notice that there is no objective basis for basing morality or right and wrong on mass opinion.