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25 Cards in this Set
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BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL JUDGEMENTS APPLY TO ALL HUMANS EQUALLY
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ETHICAL UNIVERSALIST
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BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE UNIVERSAL ETHICAL THRUTHS
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ETHICAL UNIVERSALIST
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BELIEVE THAT ALL TRUTHS ARE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE
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ETHICAL UNIVERSALIST
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ETHICAL ABSOLUTISTS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
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EHTICAL UNIVERSALISTS
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BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL JUDGMENTS ARE MOST DEPENDENT UPON HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN CIRCUMSTANCES
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ETHICAL ABSOLUTISTS
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BELIEVE THAT CERTIAN ETHICAL JUDGMENTS HOLD TRUE ETERNALLY AND IMMUTABLY
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ETHICAL ABSOLUTIST
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BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL PRINICPLES DEPEND UPON FEATURES THAT CAN VERY AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IN DIFFERENT PLACES
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ETHICAL RELATIVISTS
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THEY CANNOT SAY THAT A CERTAIN ACTION IS ALWAYS RIGHT NO MATTER WHO PERFORMS IT OR THAT A CERTAIN THING IS GOOD NO MATTER WHERE IT HAPPENED TO BE
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ETHICAL RELATIVISTS
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TYPES OF ETHICAL RELATIVISTS
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-CULTURAL OR SOCIAL RELATIVISTS
-INDIVIDUAL RELATIVISTS |
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BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL VALUE IS RELATIVE TO CULTURE OR SOCIETY
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CULTURE OR SOCIAL RELATIVISTS
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CONSIDER ETHICAL JUDGMENTS TO BE AKIN TO A JUDGMENT OF WHAT IS POLITE
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-CULTURE OR SOCIAL RELATIVISTS
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CLAIM THAT THERE VIEW BEST ACCOUNTS FOR THE FACT THAT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES OFTEN MAKE VERY DIFFERENT ETHICAL JUDGMENTS
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CULTURE RELATIVISTS
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PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES OFTEN MAKE VERY DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC CLAIMS
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UNIVERSALISTS
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DIFFERENCES CONSTITUTE NO EVIDENCE THAT SCIENTIFIC TRUTH IS CULTURALLY RELATIVE
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UNIVERDALISTS
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MAINTAIN THAT CULTURAL RELATIVISTS EXAGGERATE THE ETHICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENCES
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UNIVERSALISTS
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BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL PRINCLPES THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY CULTURE EXCEPTS
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UNIVERSALISTS
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CRITICIZE CULTURAL RELATIVISTS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE DISAGREEMENTS THAT DO EXISTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES
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UNIVERSALISTS
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BELIEVE THAT THE ETHICAL VALUE OF AN ACTION IS RELATIVE NOT TO THE CULTURE AS A WHOLE BUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL HIM OR HER SELF
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INDIVIDUAL RELATIVISTS
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SAY THAT ETHICAL JUDGMENTS ARE AKIN TO JUDGMENTS OF TASTE
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INDIVIDUAL RELATIVISTS
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ALSO CALLED SUBJECTIVISTS
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INDIVIDUAL RELATIVISTS
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BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL JUDGMENTS ARE ARE RELATIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON OR SUBJECT MAKING THE JUDGMENT
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INDIVIDUAL RELATIVSTS
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BELIEVE THERE IS STANDARD EXTERNAL TO THE PERSON MAKING ETHICAL JUDGMENTS AGAINST THOSE JUDGMENTS CAN BE HELD
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OBJECTIVISTS
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PROBLEMS WITH INDIVIDUAL RELATIVISTS
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1-PEOPLE CAN NEVER BE ETHICALLY MISTAKEN
2-IMPLES THAT THERE ARE NO ETHICAL DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN PEOPLE |
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BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ETHICAL VALUE AT ALL
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MORAL NIHILISTS
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SOMEONE WHO DOUBTS THAT ETHICAL VALUES EXISTS
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MORAL SKEPTICISM
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