Ethical Relativism Flashcards
What is ethical relativism?
There is no objective standard for good and bad: every moral standard is culturally bound
The opposite of ethical relativism ..
Ethical objectivism
There is two different kind of relativism
Descriptive relativism
Normative relativism
Descriptive relativism ?
Example
This is when the people hold opposing moral beliefs
Ex. I think abortion is bad. But you think it’s good
Normative relativism?
Exp
There is no such thing as an objective moral beliefs
E.g whether or not having coffee in the Auditorium, is just a matter of opinion
Reasons supporting ethical reasons are?
1) there diversity moral views: moral questions rarely result in Consensus
For example people bored on death (there no objective standard satisfies all people
2) moral uncertainty: we experience difficulty in discerning good and bad
* when someone approached you for money ..what you do
Situation difference:different situations call for different demand
Diversity of moral views?
Moral questions rarely result in concesus
Ex.peoples view on death
Moral uncertainty ?
We have difficulty discerning good and bad
Therefore no objective exist for discernment
When someone ask for money
Different situation?
Different situations demand different moral rules
Action could be good in situation but bad in another
Problems with supporting reasons
- Diversity of moral view
Diversity is often based on factual disagreements more than one person
2.moral certainty : could be from ignorance
3.situational
Different decisions can be based on the same principles
Stealing is on but somethings but other not because I’m both situation we wanted justice
Descriptive relativism or normative
About 1/3 of the global population thinks that global warming is not such a bad thing
Descriptive relativism
Whether or not female circumcision is email completely depends on the culture you belong to
D or n
Normative
I don’t think you should select the sex of your baby but that’s just my opinion doesn’t mean it’s immoral
Normative relativism
Insiste got you one people tend to think premarital sex is bad, but in Quebec people think it’s just fine
D or n
Descriptive
What example of ethical r
The morality of stewing must be relative, since people do it without really knowing whether or not
Moral uncertainty
Example of ethical R
There is no more objective in politics., After all sometimes it’s good to raise taxes and other times it’s not
Situational difference
Example of ethical r
If there is no such thing as a moral ejective opinion on abortion, then the laws would not varies so much from country to country and state to state
Moral diversity
Ethical r
There are sometimes when I think it’s good to give to the homeless, but again it seems like a bad idea it’s all relative
Situational
Ethical r
No one really knows whether eating meat is morally wrong. A lot of people are vegetarian but look how much meat is eat around on the world
Diversity
Ethical r
I’m sick of people who think they know what is morally right or wrong. Those same people often don’t know who they should vote for or what career they should pursue
Moral uncertainty
