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Look, just because people disagree about something doesn't mean that it's not objective. Sometimes, it's just a difficulty in measuring. I could disagree with my girlfriend about the distance from here to Baltimore. That doesn't mean that there's not an objective measure of that distance. Similarly, just because we disagree about the exact contours of ethics doesn't mean that ethics are not objective. I'd actually argue the opposite; because we generally agree, but disagree on the specific contours indicates that there's something objective to agree or disagree about (or perhaps what Kant called 'subjective universal').
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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