Cultural Relativism

Question 1

cultural relativism

Answer 1

moral obligations are decided by one’s culture/society (morality is relative to culture)

Question 2

cultural relativism 1

Answer 2

we have no moral obligations, only moral codes that are imposed by our cultures

argument: since different cultures have different moral codes, there is no singular definition to what is morally right and wrong (is a matter of opinion and opinion depends on culture) and since there is a wide variation between cultures moral facts cannot exist

Question 3

arguments against cultural relativism 1

Answer 3

just because there is wide variation in belief does not mean that there are no objective facts (scientists had differing ideas about whether light was a particle or wave but everyone knew that light existed)
intuition

Question 4

cultural relativism 2

Answer 4

the moral codes of a culture determine moral obligations for individuals within the culture

argument: moral codes establish moral obligation for members of that culture

Question 5

arguments against cultural relativism 2

Answer 5

interconnecting cultures (what is your culture? american? college student? you have multiple cultures which may have conflicting moral rules)
anti-isolationism: just because a culture says something is morally right does not mean it is morally right for everyone
improvement: under cr2 moral reformers are always wrong, but that is not true.