Objective Moral Norms and Values According to Error Theory

Almost everyone seems to believe that we live in a world with objective norms; norms about what we should and shouldn’t do; norms about what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is wrong. We are always interested in discussing what is morally right or objectively valued but do we ask whether anything is anyhow valued?
The error theory already asked whether norms exist at all and what we may mistake as an objective value. Error theory rejects the idea that there are objective moral norms and values that are independent of us.

Ethical claims are mostly agreed to be objective and controlling. An objective claim is a claim about the way the world is, it is the truth of the world out there, independent of what people think about the world. If a norm says that killing is wrong, then killing would still be wrong even in civilizations that permit it or even force it. To say that a claim is objective is to say that it exists objectively and does not claim anything about us. If we say: ‘Don’t allow abortion’, this is what we want. But if we say ‘Abortion is wrong’, we are saying that there is some independent fact, an objective norm created not by us or by anyone. It just exists objectively.
What we mistake to be an objective claim is only a personal demand but enclosed in a mistaken normative language. Ethical claims only arise when people say what they want, and this could never be objective.
A group of persons, and maybe every person on earth can be mistaken about some accepted beliefs, but it is not logical to claim that all of them are mistaken about their language and what they mean when they use normative words.

People observing an act tend to make moral judgments, and consider that they are only stating an existing norm...

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...ism, abortion, stealing and killing are morally wrong? Of course not, it is wrong to think that if we are not directed by norms, we will only act by selfishness or cruelty. We are instinctively influenced by self-interest and anger, but thanks to centuries of preparation of civilizations to respect others, we have developed sensitive and friendly personalities. As we begin our day, we normally follow laws and we rarely think about consequences or about what norm require us to act. Our daily decisions are made of our instincts, desires, habits, feelings, and beliefs. Selfishness and normative beliefs play a small part in this world but what we end up doing is the product of countless imperceptible reasons.
The error theory matches our common sense because it does not require us to hold on to wrong and uncertain claims, or to waste time arguing about our own thoughts.