Moral Subjectivism Quotes

Moral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent.

The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values.

There is nothing, in itself, valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, beautiful or deformed; but that these attributes arise from the particular constitution and fabric of human sentiment and affection.

Secularism has no central goal, it's just promoting endless relativism. That's why there is a huge moral drift in the country. Everybody is infallible except the Pope, if you like.

We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved. But among ends that can be achieved our choice must be decided by other than purely scientific considerations. If a man were to say, "I hate the human race, and I think it would be a good thing if it were exterminated," we could say, "Well, my dear sir, let us begin the process with you." But this is hardly argument, and no amount of science could prove such a man mistaken.

I think most people who call themselves relativists are not, in practice.

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.

Ethical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes.

Communism starts with the proposition that there are no universal truths or general truths of human nature.

Yet I have said over and over again that there is no "right" or "wrong" in the universe. A thing is not intrinsically right or wrong. A thing simply is.

The denial of an objective moral law, based on the compulsion to deny the existence of God, results ultimately in the denial of evil iteself.

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

The world has far too much morality.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no one by the law of nature is bound to please another, unless he chooses, nor to hold anything to be good or evil, but what he himself, according to his own temperament, pronounces to be so; and, to speak generally, nothing is forbidden by the law of nature, except what is beyond everyone's power.

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.

There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances.

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.

If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.