Ethical Relativism

Question 1

What is ethical relativism?

Answer 1

There is no objective standard for good and bad: every moral standard is culturally bound

Question 2

The opposite of ethical relativism ..

Answer 2

Ethical objectivism

Question 3

There is two different kind of relativism

Answer 3

Descriptive relativism

Normative relativism

Question 4

Descriptive relativism ?

Example

Answer 4

This is when the people hold opposing moral beliefs

Ex. I think abortion is bad. But you think it’s good

Question 5

Normative relativism?

Exp

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Reasons supporting ethical reasons are?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Diversity of moral views?

Answer 7

Moral questions rarely result in concesus

Ex.peoples view on death

Question 8

Moral uncertainty ?

Answer 8

We have difficulty discerning good and bad

Therefore no objective exist for discernment

When someone ask for money

Question 9

Different situation?

Answer 9

Different situations demand different moral rules

Action could be good in situation but bad in another

Question 10

Problems with supporting reasons

Answer 10

1. 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

Question 11

Descriptive relativism or normative

About 1/3 of the global population thinks that global warming is not such a bad thing

Answer 11

Descriptive relativism

Question 12

Whether or not female circumcision is email completely depends on the culture you belong to

D or n

Answer 12

Normative

Question 13

I don’t think you should select the sex of your baby but that’s just my opinion doesn’t mean it’s immoral

Answer 13

Normative relativism

Question 14

Insiste got you one people tend to think premarital sex is bad, but in Quebec people think it’s just fine
D or n

Answer 14

Descriptive

Question 15

What example of ethical r

The morality of stewing must be relative, since people do it without really knowing whether or not

Answer 15

Moral uncertainty

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Situational difference

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Moral diversity

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Situational

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Diversity

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Moral uncertainty