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Moral Absolutism and Moral
Relativism
- Moral relativism-there are
no universally valid moral
principals
- and so there is no one truly moral
- Ethical relativism takes
a deontological
approach
- and so there is no one truly moral
- When there's no agreed set of
values, relativism can vary
attractive
- Subjectivism-each person's value are
relative to that person and so cannot
be judged objectively
- All principals and values are relative to a
particular culture or age
- All principals and values are relative to a
particular culture or age
- Culture relativism says right and wrong, good and evil are
relative to a culture,to a way of life practiced by a whole group
of people
- Subjectivism-each person's value are
relative to that person and so cannot
be judged objectively
- We all make judgements about actions or
behaviour as being absolutely wrong in all
circumstances
- we all make ethical
judgements about what we
consider to be right and
wrong, we all have different
views on ethical ethics
- we all make ethical
judgements about what we
consider to be right and
wrong, we all have different
views on ethical ethics
- An ethical relativist believes believes that there are circumstances
and situations 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
are relative to a culture, to a way of life practiced by a
whole group of people
- Individual relativism hold that there are no
universally valid moral principals
- Individual relativism hold that there are no
universally valid moral principals
- Cultural relativism says right and wrong, good and evil
are relative to a culture, to a way of life practiced by a
whole group of people
- The problem today is that relativism tends to
lead people in to thinking that truth depends
on who holds it, or thet there's only one truth.
(their own)
- Origions of relativism come from Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle, Sophist and Patagores
- Ethical relativism ; X is accaptable
in the culure, suggests universal
tolerance, suggests morals are
just habits
- can allow justification of anything. Comes from
anthology, moves from descriptive to normative.
Can allow justification of anything
- can allow justification of anything. Comes from
anthology, moves from descriptive to normative.
Can allow justification of anything
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