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9 Cards in this Set
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Philosophy |
Knowledge, life, history A way of thinking |
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Morality just an opinion? |
An objective truth (2+3=5) Subjective truth (relative to some) |
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Cultural Relativism |
1. What is morally good/bad is relative to each culture 2. Actions that a society approves of are morally good for people in that culture and actions disapproved by society are morally bad |
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Moral Differences Argument |
P. premise- different cultures disagree about morality C. claim- Morality is subjective --Does this argument pass premise test? yes |
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2 Tests of a good argument |
Premise test: are all the premises true? Validity test: if premises are true, would that make conclusions true? |
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Geographical Differences Argument |
No, if P is true, C is not true P is true, yet that does not make C true |
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Science and Morality |
Science cannot prove claims about morality are true or false |
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Review |
Moral disagreement is not sufficient for proving that morality is subjective |
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If there is ANY action that is morally wrong eventhough most people in that culture believe it isokay, then CR is false
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