Daniel McDowell
Bellevue University
Assignment 5.1
It is not an easy, in fact it is almost impossible, to choose between moral absolutism and moral relativism as a guide that the American society should use for making moral decisions. Both moral relativism and moral absolutism offer solutions to moral problems, but each will give completely different answers to the problem. Many great philosophers in history have debated on one side or another. In my opinion I side with the anthropologist Ruth Benedict and believe relativism is the better way to think and the best choice for moral decision-making because. I believe that no society can establish an absolute set of moral truths because cultures are constantly changing and therefore the perceptions on moral situations of the culture will also always be changing. In order to …show more content…
In Plato’s Republic he describes the allegory of the cave he describes a world where prisoners live chained in a cave breaks free and realizes that his entire existence has been controlled by others. (Plato) Plato’s allegory is true today; we are so occupied in today’s society that we can’t see what truly is right and wrong. Regardless, this is not the best option for moral decision-making. Absolutism hold to the idea that there is no double standards, no unfairness from circumstances and there are moral codes which are set, we can define these moral set codes in the united states as Laws. But laws change over time, ideas like segregation and slavery, are now ideas of the past that seem crazy today. Society cannot have an absolute set of laws and ideas. Ideas are change with the time and
Bellevue University
Assignment 5.1
It is not an easy, in fact it is almost impossible, to choose between moral absolutism and moral relativism as a guide that the American society should use for making moral decisions. Both moral relativism and moral absolutism offer solutions to moral problems, but each will give completely different answers to the problem. Many great philosophers in history have debated on one side or another. In my opinion I side with the anthropologist Ruth Benedict and believe relativism is the better way to think and the best choice for moral decision-making because. I believe that no society can establish an absolute set of moral truths because cultures are constantly changing and therefore the perceptions on moral situations of the culture will also always be changing. In order to …show more content…
In Plato’s Republic he describes the allegory of the cave he describes a world where prisoners live chained in a cave breaks free and realizes that his entire existence has been controlled by others. (Plato) Plato’s allegory is true today; we are so occupied in today’s society that we can’t see what truly is right and wrong. Regardless, this is not the best option for moral decision-making. Absolutism hold to the idea that there is no double standards, no unfairness from circumstances and there are moral codes which are set, we can define these moral set codes in the united states as Laws. But laws change over time, ideas like segregation and slavery, are now ideas of the past that seem crazy today. Society cannot have an absolute set of laws and ideas. Ideas are change with the time and