Question

Moral realism is defined as...A. The view that the universe has a few moral truths known only by God. B. The view that the universe contains an absolute moral structure, an objective moral framework of moral facts or truths. C. The view that the universe does not contain any absolute moral structure. D. The thesis that all moral systems issue from human contrivance. E. The view that morality is doing good to friends and harm to enemies. F. None of the above.

Answer 1

Answer:

b)

Explanation:

Moral realism refers to the ethical view which states that there exist such things as moral facts and moral values, and that these are objective and independent of our perception of them or our beliefs, feelings or other attitudes towards them. In other words, moral judgments describe moral facts, which are as certain in their own way as mathematical facts. Moral realism uses the ordinary rules of logic to be applied for moral statements.

For moral realists, the universe contains absolute moral structures, so this means that there are in fact "right" and "wrong" facts in the universe and this is objective.

Thus, the correct answer is b)  The view that the universe contains an absolute moral structure, an objective moral framework of moral facts or truths.

Note:

a) Moral realism doesn't think that only God has access to the moral truths.

c) Moral realism does think that the universe contains moral structure.

d) Moral realism thinks that this structure is independent from humans.

e) Moral realism is actually more complex than that because it's not based on friends or enemies.