First a Caveat:
Moral statements [descriptive and prescriptive of moral-ought] related to opinions and beliefs of individuals and groups are not moral facts.
1. What is Fact?
We must first differentiate the two main types facts, i.e.
- A. Metaphysical/Philosophical Realism's Fact
B. Anti-Realism's Fact.
This is Peter Holmes' et. al. sort of facts [Metaphysical Realism] where 'fact' is a feature of 'reality' and is truth-apt, i.e. capable of being true or false.
Such fact is not grounded upon reality but merely grounded on linguistic matters, thus such facts are not realistic at all.
B. Anti-Realism's Fact.
What is fact to me is the Anti-Realism's Fact in opposite to the Metaphysical/Philosophical Realism's Fact.
From the above what is fact [anti-realist] is conditioned by a specific Framework and System of Knowledge [FSK].A fact is something that is true. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts.
Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means.
For example,
"This sentence contains words." accurately describes a linguistic fact, and
"The sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further,
"Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States" and "Abraham Lincoln was assassinated" both accurately describe historical facts.
Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief and of knowledge and opinion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact
2. What is Morality
I have defined what is morality here in terms of Ethics represented by Moral [Pure] and Applied [Ethics in practice].
What is Ethics & Morality is fundamentally the management of Good over Evil. What is Good is not-Evil.
What is evil is any human act or thoughts that is a net-negative to the well-being of the individual and to humanity towards the preservation of the human species.
3. What is Objectivity?
What is Philosophical Objectivity is explained in this thread;
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31416
As explained above,In philosophy, objectivity is the concept of truth independent from individual subjectivity (bias caused by one's perception, emotions, or imagination).
A proposition is considered to have objective truth when its truth conditions are met without bias caused by a sentient subject.
Scientific objectivity refers to the ability to judge without partiality or external influence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivity_(philosophy)
- what is a scientific fact is conditioned upon the scientific FSK.
A scientific fact is objective
What is scientific objectivity is conditioned upon the scientific FSK.
What is objectivity is thus conditioned upon a specific FSK. [3]
A fact [anti-realist] is conditioned upon a specific FSK. [1B]
Thus a fact is objective when conditioned upon a specific FSK
A fact is moral when conditioned upon a moral FSK.
Therefore a moral fact is objective when conditioned upon a moral FSK.
As such, there are objective moral facts.
Caveat: Moral statements [descriptive and prescriptive of moral-ought] related to opinions and beliefs of individuals and groups are not moral facts.
What are objective moral facts?
Objective moral facts emerge from the moral FSK based on a matter-of-fact of moral-potentiality as justified by the scientific FSK and are represented by physical neural correlates in the brain and body.
Thus my point;
There are Objective Moral Facts
Views, counters??