Morality is indisputable.

Outline:I. IntroductionII. What are Morals?III. Different Types of Morality in Different CulturesIV. RebuttalsV. SourcesI. IntroductionI thank my opponent for setting up an interesting debate and wish him good luck. The idea being debated is the belief that morality is "indisputable." My opponent, pro, is arguing that morality is indisputable, or objective, saying that morality directly relates to fact and indisputability. I will be arguing that morals are subjective and are fallible and disputable by defining morals and explaining how morals are different in various cultures and why. II. What are Morals?According to Dictionary.com, morals are "principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct," [1].Objective morals are morals created by a higher power and are "indisputable," while subjective morals are morals subject to interpretation, one's personality and experiences, and one's culture, and are "disputable" to other morals. III. Different Types of Morality in Different CulturesAs I have said in my introduction, I am arguing that morals are subjective and are disputable. As philosophynow.org argues, "if morality were objective then every member of our species would share the same moral values. But it is apparent that we do not share the same moral values," [2]. Instead, we gain morals based on our society's moral values, outside influences and experiences.Firstly, I would like to discuss the Aztecs. As most may know, the Aztecs were a large empire in central Mexico that dominated during the 14th to 16th centuries. Compared to today's society, many may find some parts of Aztec culture to be considered archaic such as frequent human sacrifices. In fact, prisoners of war and peasant children were often used as sacrifices[3]. Actions such as drunkenness were deplorable according to the Aztecs and were punishable by death. Consumption of alcoholic beverages was required during certain religious rituals but was restricted to people otherwise, except to elders [4]. Now, of course, in today's society, drunkenness, while looked down upon and sometimes may result in penalties such as jail time (if someone is drunk driving or is harming others), is not dealt with a punishment as terrible as death. However, because morals are subjective, the Aztecan society came to a consensus that things such as drunkenness were terrible and should be dealt with harshly and that human sacrifice was appropriate to avoid the Gods' wrath.Another example, much simpler and easier, demonstrating how morals are subjective are a basic difference in what people believe. For example, I personally believe that the acceptance of homosexuality and the granting of legal rights to homosexual is moral and provides justice to the minority. However, many people (nearly 45% or so of Americans) find this immoral as it violates their religious beliefs, grants legal rights to the LGBT community, and is supposedly the "way of Satan." Around 17% of people on DDO supported the Iran-Iraq war, arguing that it was the "greater good," helping Americans and helped stop the Iranian Regime because, as AbuJarir states, "the Iranian Regieme is the root of all of Earth's problems and why we can't have World Peace." On the other hand, 83% of people on DDO said that it was unnecessary, caused further tensions between America and the Middle East and, as MakeDebatingGreatAgain says, "this is what brought terrorism to America, and now the only way to stop them is to continue this fight, which was unnessacary in the first place," [5]. We can visibly see that people have differences in opinions and in their moral standpoint. These disagreements show how morals are clearly subjective.IV. RebuttalsMy opponent's argument is based solely on the idea that morals require principles that consist of "truth" and "fact." My opponent follows this idea with little support, aside from a remark regarding the "law of the YHWH" and bacon cheeseburgers. My opponent fails to continue further support his argument.My opponent assumes that morality is based on facts. However, as I have demonstrated, it is developed from one's culture or experiences, or outside influences.V. Sources[1] http://www.dictionary.com...[2] https://philosophynow.org...[3] http://aztecsandtenochtitlan.com...[4] http://www.mexicolore.co.uk...[5] http://www.debate.org...