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moral absolutism and moral relativism diagram

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Moral Absolutism and MoralRelativismMoral relativism-there are nouniversally valid moralprincipalsand so there is no one truly moralWhen there's no agreed set of values,relativism can vary attractiveSubjectivism-each person's value arerelative to that person and so cannot bejudged objectivelyAll principals and values are relative to aparticular culture or ageEthical relativism takes adeontological approachWe all make judgements about actions orbehaviour as being absolutely wrong in allcircumstanceswe all make ethical judgementsabout what we consider to be rightand wrong, we all have differentviews on ethical ethicsCulture relativism says right and wrong, good and evil are relative to aculture,to a way of life practiced by a whole group of peopleAn ethical relativist believes believes that there are circumstances andsituations in which actions or behaviour that are usually considered to be'wrong' can be considered to be 'right'.Cultural relativism says right and wrong, good and evil arerelative to a culture, to a way of life practiced by a whole groupof peopleIndividual relativism hold that there are no universallyvalid moral principalsThe problem today is that relativism tends to leadpeople in to thinking that truth depends on whoholds it, or thet there's only one truth. (their own)Origions of relativism come from Socrates, Plato,Aristotle, Sophist and PatagoresEthical relativism ; X is accaptable inthe culure, suggests universaltolerance, suggests morals are justhabitscan allow justification of anything. Comes fromanthology, moves from descriptive to normative. Canallow justification of anythingDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node