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Moral realism, the belief in objective moral truths, may be less supported than assumed. Psychological research suggests people view morality as "pluralist-seeming," not strictly realist-seeming.

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    • The four re-examined studies, when properly interpreted, align with recent research.
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    • The intuition that morality is realist-seeming is not universally supported by psychological research.
    • Ordinary people tend to view some moral issues as realist and others as anti-realist.
    • The justification for moral realism may be weaker than commonly believed based on folk intuitions.