Mackie then makes two arguments against ethical …show more content…
Moral nihilism is a methaethical train of thought that states how nothing is essentially moral or immoral, as an example we could use “if "killing babies is wrong" is true then everybody has a reason to not kill babies. This includes the psychopath who takes great pleasure from killing babies, and is utterly miserable when he does not have their blood on his hands. But, surely, (if we assume that he will suffer no reprisals) this psychopath has every reason to kill babies, and no reason not to do so. All moral claims are thus false.” (Moral Skepticism-Moral Error Theory) This would be correct if this person has not been predisposed to any external established facts, his or her claim is true. Plus whenever we make any moral claims we are, according to the error theory,