https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v Which branch of meta-ethics do you most subscribe to? Does this branch perfectly describe your viewpoint, or are you between two different branches? Why? Please push for 5+ sentences, please share your name, and respond to at least two of your peers. en-us 2018-02-25 21:38:24 UTC 2018-03-01 20:43:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235550400 I feel that I follow the Moral Relativism branch of meta-ethics. I am kind of a mix on Moral Relativism and Moral Absolutism. I believe that more than one moral stance can be correct. However, I also believe that there are cases where something is absolutely wrong or absolutely right. Things like stealing and cheating are wrong no-matter what. On the other hand, things like laws can be considered wrong or right, depending on someone's personal belief. 
- Anna Jaques

]]> 2018-02-26 18:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235550400 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235571432 I believe I align with a mix of Moral Relativism, and Moral subjectivism. Both of those are rather morally gray, depending on variable or another, and I find that fits my views. I believe the different variables can be the main points of these beliefs, attitude, circumstances, and the person. For example, if the circumstances was one of the given ones: stealing to feed to yourself. The attitude towards this action and the circumstances itself make it morally gray situation, rather than black and white. 
- Maddie Giles]]> 2018-02-26 19:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235571432 97608 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235605377 I am between Moral Relativism and Moral Subjectivism, thought I am leaning more towards Moral Subjectivism. A few things can be considered right and wrong, but there are many other things that are not. A good example of this is "The Trolley Problem" which argues over is it right to kill one person to save five. Some people would think it's right to kill someone to save five, while others would argue that it is not. It can also be the way in which you achieve such thing. - Lane M.]]> 2018-02-26 20:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235605377 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235653369 I'm a moral realist in thoughts because I believe that God is the only one who can define what's right and wrong. However because I am a human and have such a small understanding of how every condition in the universe tied together to make an out come I have to say I also believe in moral subjectivism. Something being right or wrong is based off of condition and intention. I think that if a person has bad intentions that end up making something good happen the unintended action is separate from their intention; making the action good but the intention bad. Going back to the video example of the robber (pretend he just opened the window) I don't think he should be punished because his action was good and there's not law that makes bad intentions illegal. However, he did break the window with pre-meditative thoughts, so in that scenario I think he followed through with a good action then a bad intention and action; he should be punished for the bad action.
~Daisey ]]> 2018-02-26 21:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235653369 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235655972 I'm in the same boat as you I don't think there's a solid that humans can understand. It seems like one action that we try to judge is really a mix of good and bad actions, conditions, and intentions.
~Daisey]]> 2018-02-26 22:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235655972 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235656632 I can see a trend. Most people who have posted so far think that moral is a mix of branches of anti and realism. Do you think that humans can even understand absolute wrong or right or they just think they do?
~Daisey]]> 2018-02-26 22:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235656632 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235669807 I believe that I am in between moral relativism and moral Subjectivism. I think that I am in between both because I think that you should be judged on your intentions. But I also think that I am in moral subjectivism because I think that they should be judged on the attitudes. One of the ethical examples was stealing food for your family which I think that can be excusable. I think that because they are stealing not for just their benefit but for others. -Kim]]> 2018-02-26 23:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235669807 christopherv1 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235727606 2018-02-27 04:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235727606 christopherv1 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235727669 I super enjoyed reading your thoughts, anonymous human! Really good connection with "The Trolley Problem". Can you let me know who you are? - Mr. V.]]> 2018-02-27 04:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235727669 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235953286 I don't really know if I can narrow my ethical beliefs down to one, or even two branches of ethics. I think I have a mix of moral absolutism, moral relativism, and moral subjectivism. There are moral facts that can't change no matter what, but there can be instances when there are multiple correct moral standards. The intentions also matter, but I don't think that should be the only thing that is used to judge whether something is morally right or wrong. I think both intentions and actions determine the morality of something.
- Kate]]> 2018-02-27 15:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235953286 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235959422 I agree with you that, in the example, the robber shouldn't be punished, even though he had bad intentions, but I also think that he shouldn't be praised for saving the woman. That example, I think, is kind of morally neutral, because he had bad intentions, but did something good.
- Kate]]> 2018-02-27 16:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235959422 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235961891 I agree that there are some things that are morally right or wrong, but others can have more than one correct moral stance.
- Kate]]> 2018-02-27 16:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235961891 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235963364 My ethical beliefs are around the ideas of moral relativism and subjectivism. I think that in certain situations more than one person can be correct about something. But, in the case of a robbery, the robber is at fault for what they did, and most people agree with that. But, when you add in the instance with the window, it goes to moral subjectivism. It is right and wrong in a situation. The robber would still be at fault because his intentions were bad, and at the moment he did not know he was going to save her life. And this also relates that even though he did save her life, when she was passed out on the floor he did not call for help. 
-Kristen]]> 2018-02-27 16:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235963364 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235965063 I agree that it is often difficult to narrow down your ethical beliefs to one or two. There are often a lot of beliefs from different branches that go into deciding if something is right or wrong. 
- Anna]]> 2018-02-27 16:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235965063 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235967096 I agree with you. 
Can something be morally right, however be happening at the wrong time or wrong place? Or the other way around; Can it be morally wrong, but happens in the right place and time so that something good accidentally comes of it? 
- Anna]]> 2018-02-27 16:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235967096 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235967509 My ethical beliefs are the same in that I don't just believe in one thing. I think I would weight the actions and intentions equally when it comes to morality as well. 
-Kristen]]> 2018-02-27 16:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235967509 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235970164 I agree that the robber should be punished for what he did, but at the same time, he did save her life. This would be hard to punish him though because he never ended up robbing the house. I agree that he was in the right and the wrong.
-Kristen]]> 2018-02-27 16:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/235970164 97608 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236076757 I am between these two Meta_ethics too, however, I believe that there can be situations where stealing can justified. It is never right, but it can be justified.]]> 2018-02-27 18:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236076757 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236081950 I think that I am both moral relativism and moral subjectivism because I think that people can make their own decisions about what is wrong or right. I am more of moral subjectivism because I think it it completely someone's choice. If someone chooses to think that lying to someone is bad and another person chooses to think that it's not bad I don't think one person is wrong. Everyone should be able to express the way they feel about something. 
- Shyla]]> 2018-02-27 18:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236081950 97608 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236084944 I do agree that intentions have a big part in if it's right or wrong. However, outcome does have a big factor too. -Lane M.]]> 2018-02-27 18:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236084944 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236092339 I agree, I also think that everyone needs to be able to express the they that they feel. I think that lying for someones feeling can both be good and bad, I feel like it depends on what the lie is.-Kim]]> 2018-02-27 19:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236092339 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236092574 I am also between moral relativism and moral subjectivism. I also think stealing food for your family would be excusable because it would benefit others.
- Shyla]]> 2018-02-27 19:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236092574 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236094806 I also believe that in certain situations people can be right about something but in other situations they can be wrong.
- Shyla

]]> 2018-02-27 19:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236094806 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236096941 I agree about the robber should still be at fault because of his intentions are what his punishment should be based off of.
-Kim]]> 2018-02-27 19:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236096941 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236111783 I believe in moral facts and truths, but I also believe that no one can know exactly what those morals are. What I'm saying is that the universe absolutely has right and wrong, but NO individual can know what the right and wrong is. I believe that everyone can choose their own morals for themselves and it might be objectively wrong, but we have no way to prove that against them. Because the universe is the universe, and unless you spoke to the universe directly, you can't know whether something is wrong or right. So I think everyone can pick their own morals because only the universe can prove what is right and wrong. So I would say my ethical belief is in moral realism and moral subjectivism, but I can't believe in either of them completely.  -Lorraine P]]> 2018-02-27 19:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236111783 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236135805 I also believe in a higher power like the universe, and my beliefs are also in moral realism and subjectivism. But my belief is that no one can know for sure whether the robber's intentions were bad or good. So I believe that the universe or God is the only thing that has the right to judge and punish him. And that is why we can choose our own morals. -Lorraine P]]> 2018-02-27 20:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236135805 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236142139 I also believe that things are simply just wrong or right, but I believe that’s how everything is not just somethings. However I believe that no human has a way of determining the right and wrong of anything. I think the human perspective of morals are just preference, opinion, culture, and understanding. -Lorraine P]]> 2018-02-27 20:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236142139 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236183472 I think that I am moral realism, moral absolutism, and moral subjectivism. I believe that there are some moral facts that are either right or wrong, and that can’t be changed. I also believe that some things like laws can be right of wrong depending on the persons beliefs. I think that someone’s conditions and intentions can matter, but I also think that you need to look at their actions to. I believe that to judge whether something is morally right or wrong you need to look at their intentions, and actions.
-Abby

]]> 2018-02-27 22:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236183472 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184225 I agree with you, and I think that you need to look at intentions, and actions to know if it is morally wrong, or right.
-Abby

]]> 2018-02-27 22:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184225 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184570 2018-02-27 22:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184570 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184783 I agree that there are some moral facts that are either right or wrong. I also believe that people can chose some of their morals for themselves. 
-Abby]]> 2018-02-27 22:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236184783 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236482850 My ethical beliefs are more centered around the ideas of anti-realism and Moral realism. I think that a people can have their own view point on events or topics. However I also believe that people have to see all sides of the story with their viewpoint. For example in the robber situation the robber was still having bad intentions however we don't know why the robber was stealing, why he chose the old woman, how the carbon monoxide got released, and many other variables that could be happening that we don't know about. What if the old lady had done something to the robbers family at one point in her life, which caused the robber's family to become poor. What if the only way to feed his family was to steal money and/or food. We can't be able to properly say who was 'wrong' or if anyone was even in the 'wrong' without fully knowing the situation and reasoning behind everything.
-Lauren]]> 2018-02-28 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236482850 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236489777 I also believe that the robber should be punished because he was trying to steal the old lady stuff, broke her window, and we don't know the reasoning behind him breaking into her home or stealing from her.
-Lauren]]> 2018-02-28 16:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236489777 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236495407 I'm also in between Moral Realism and Moral anti-Realism. In the situation with where the person was stealing for his family I think that it could be morally 'right' but I also think it depends on who he was stealing from. For example if he was stealing from another poorer family or a family struggling with money he could make their situation worse which would make what he did 'wrong'.
-Lauren]]> 2018-02-28 16:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236495407 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236497716 My beliefs are closest to moral subjectivism. Actions differ from intentions. I wouldn't say it's a perfect fit though. I don't think you can some up someone's ethical beliefs so simply. I also don't think that everyone who identifies with one branch of meta-ethics all hold the exact same viewpoint. 
-Trevor]]> 2018-02-28 16:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236497716 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236502707 I agree that actions matter, but I'm wondering to what extent you think intentions matter. I would agree that someone's intentions should be noted, but I don't think they change the action that was taken.
-Trevor]]> 2018-02-28 16:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236502707 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236506221 I agree that morals and ethics fill a grey area. Very few things are black and white, especially not something so subjective. -Trevor]]> 2018-02-28 16:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236506221 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236647847 My beliefs are a mix between moral subjectivism and moral realism. I believe there are situations where facts can be more compelling than moral beliefs. However, I most lean towards the idea that nothing can truly be ethical, because everyone forms their own opinion. People will constantly argue about what they believe, but because everyone thinks differently, someone will always be let down. I believe that moral beliefs can be used to find the majority of opinions, to please the most people, like voting. However, nothing can be considered right or wrong by every person, which means moral beliefs are subjective.

- Cece]]> 2018-02-28 20:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236647847 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236659496 I agree that people can choose their moral beliefs. It's interesting that you believe there's some unknown fact of right and wrong. Cool point of view!

- Cece]]> 2018-02-28 20:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236659496 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236663809 I agree with this. I believe you should know all of the facts before forming an opinion, but even if you do, there are still people that will have different opinions from yours. 

- Cece]]> 2018-02-28 20:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236663809 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236669959 My moral beliefs are closets to moral subjectivism. I think what someone thinks is immoral could be moral to someone else. I also believe that ones intentions can change the moral implications as well, such as someone doing something good, just to appear good. One saying I like is, "the villain is the protagonist to their own story", because people don't do things another deem immoral just because, but that person may view it as moral in their own eyes. How ever I don't think one type of moral belief system can fit someones views perfectly, or even all the time.
-Grace]]> 2018-02-28 20:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/236669959 https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/237176313 I think I fall under the moral subjectivism. I was asked if I would believe the same stuff as now when I'm 50. I said no because I have had more experience in life and will have learned new things. Saying moral statements can be true and false makes sense. You might say you should never lie. Lying definitely can be bad but if you trying to avoid hurting someone's feelings, it can actually be the right thing to do, in my opinion. 
-Drew]]> 2018-03-01 20:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherv1/xf5lyyw0jf9v/wish/237176313