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Objective vs subjective existence

  • Some things, like the existence of earth or water, are objective because their existence does not depend on anyone's beliefs or judgments.
  • Other things depend for their existence on people's beliefs or judgments, such as the Supreme Court, art, or currency.

Ethics is subjective if it depends on our beliefs. What is more controversial is to consider if the existence of ethics itself - what is right, wrong, good, bad, etc. depend on our beliefs. 

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