CULTURAL RELATIVISM

Question 1

Main concepts of Cultural Relativism

Answer 1

• nature: “an action is good if it it is socially approved”

- method: following the norms of the society

Question 2

_____ and _____ are greatly influenced by their environment.

Answer 2

moral beliefs and practices of people

Question 3

What contributes to the understanding and judgement of morality according to CR?

Answer 3

how the individual ws brought up, social and cultural elements

Question 4

The reasons why people accepts CR

Answer 4

• “morality is a product of culture”
• culture disagree widely about morality
• it is unclear to resolve moral disputes

Question 5

The benefits of CR

Answer 5

• it makes us tolerant, it teaches that we should accept other cultures and different sets of norms
• it gives us a sense of solidarity as we have democratic basis for morality

Question 6

What is Moral Relativism?

Answer 6

It argues that morality is relative to society, personal feelings and religion.

Question 7

Moral relativism theories

Answer 7

Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism and Supernaturalism

Question 8

What is Moral Realism

Answer 8

it claims that some actions are objectively right or wrong

Question 9

The best example of ethical view under moral realism and its definition

Answer 9

Intuitionism
- it argues that there are objective truths about morality. It is self-evident and can only be accessed by a mature mind.

Question 10

Biggest criticism aganist CR

Answer 10

• its rejection of minority of views

Question 11

The idea of subgroup problem

Answer 11

• the world is a comfusing mixture of overlapping societies and group, and individuals do not “necessarily” follow the majority view

Question 12

Other criticisms of CR

Answer 12

• it will make us”uncritical about the norms
• it ignores the possibility of a society having conflicting views due to the groups within (to whom the cultural relativism will be referred to?)