Examples of Moral Realism
• Objective Ethical Claims: A moral realist might argue that actions such as genocide, torture, or slavery are objectively wrong regardless of differing cultural, social, or personal opinions.
• Universal Moral Standards: Proponents maintain that there exist ethical principles—like the intrinsic wrongness of harming innocent individuals—that can be discovered through rational inquiry, much like discovering scientific facts.
• Historical Examples: Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle pointed to universal forms or virtues, suggesting that “good” itself is an objective standard against which human actions are measured.