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Stegmüller IV 172
Objectivity/Ethics/Mackie: However, there is a level of objectivity in the question of what are generally accepted measures of value.
>Objectivity, >Values, >Noncognitivism/Cognitivism, >Acceptability.
Stegmüller IV 173
This corresponds to a second-level subjectivism. This is supported by:
1. Relativity argument: we meet different moral rule systems in the world. Objectivism would have to characterize all but one as an error.
>Subjectivism, >Objectivism, >Subjectivity, >Emotivism, >Relativism.
Stegmüller IV 175
2. Peculiarity argument: whoever believes in objective values and norms must take this belief seriously. This leads to peculiar entities such as "shouldbedone", "shouldnotbedone", etc.
>Norms.
Representatives: Moore: Values are "nonnatural qualities". They demand a special ability of insight. (Detectiveism, "Euthyphro", intuitionism).>
>Euthyphro, >Detectivism.

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