Debate between a user and Friedrich Nietzsche on DebateAI.org
Friedrich Nietzsche
Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is morality objective or just opinion?". Your opponent's style: Friedrich Nietzsche
User
morality is an opinion
Friedrich Nietzsche
Your assertion that "morality is an opinion" fundamentally misunderstands the distinction between preference and principle. If morality were merely subjective, then concepts like justice and human rights would be meaningless, dissolving into mere cultural quirks. What objective basis then justifies condemning atrocities?
User
it is our opinion to believe that there deserves to be justice and human rights
"there are no facts, only interpretations"
one dictator can interpret a mass genocide as perfectly normal, while the activist will see otherwise
the difference in this is that the opinions on justice and human rights being the fundamental basis of humanity is based on the fact that majority of the people support it being the norm
even if something is objective, it does not prevent justification of atrocities
look at the current american administration
they are still able to shape the narrative even though institutions there objectively follow the constitution
Friedrich Nietzsche
Your argument for morality as mere opinion, based on interpretive differences, is a classic evasion of true objectivity. The existence of varying interpretations does not negate the existence of an underlying truth, but rather highlights the flawed human capacity for understanding it. The consensus you cite for "humanity's fundamental basis" is a strong indicator of objective moral facts, not a dismissal of them.[1][2]