Discuss whether moral judgements are subjective or objective

... Discuss whether moral judgements are subjective or objective There are several branches of moral philosophy. The branch that examines the sociological facts of moral philosophy is called descriptive ethics. Another branch is normative ethics which deals with how a person ought to behave. The branch that has its focus on the definitions of moral terms themselves is called metaethics and it is this branch that draws the distinctions between subjective and objective moral judgements. Objectivists believe that morality is a constant which does not change through time. They believe that some things are always wrong no matter what the circumstances surrounding them are. For example, staunch anti-abortionists are objective because they believe that killing an unborn child is wrong no matter what the circumstances are. Objectivists believe that moral disagreements can be settled one way or another. Without an objective basis for morality they believe that there is no way of saying

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