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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like you don't know what the word opinion means. Hint: literally any statement based on morality is an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's an opinion, though. Not a fact. It's actually just one theory in ethics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The definition of what an opinion is is not an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but this is an opinion:

literally any statement based on morality is an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, it's not. Facts are statements about what is. Statements about what should be—which is what moral statements are—are always opinions.

I can't fucking believe I'm arguing with people who literally don't know what the word opinion means. It's not rocket science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Perhaps you should read about more about the different theories surrounding whether morality is always objective "as a fact".