I disagree with conventional ethical relativism’s view that there are no objective moral principles. In 2016, there are some moral principles that do not depend on cultural acceptance.
It is almost universally accepted that certain actions are considered wrong, including intentional killing of innocent people, kidnapping, and rape. Simply finding a “culture” that finds these actions as acceptable does not change that these actions are immoral. As mentioned in our readings, it may be easy to find a small group of people that would accept any action as moral or believe in outlandish ideas. For example, there are groups of users on the Internet who claim that they believe that Dzokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, is innocent
It is almost universally accepted that certain actions are considered wrong, including intentional killing of innocent people, kidnapping, and rape. Simply finding a “culture” that finds these actions as acceptable does not change that these actions are immoral. As mentioned in our readings, it may be easy to find a small group of people that would accept any action as moral or believe in outlandish ideas. For example, there are groups of users on the Internet who claim that they believe that Dzokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, is innocent