There are many different types of beliefs or the way people choose to judge a statement but the main two that stood out in class was moral realism and moral relativism. It took me a couple times and different ways of reading about the two types to grasp a basic understanding. These are basically two different types of views but they do have similar ideas within them. Before someone can determine which viewpoint makes the most sense, you must grasp a basic understanding of the two. After getting a fundamental understanding you will then be able to determine which view makes the most sense.
Moral realism or also known as ethical realism is an idea that there are moral facts in a statement and that something can be true or false based on those …show more content…
It took me breaking these ideas down to the most basic sentence. I used the sentence that heroes are good and villains are bad. To me, the moral realism way of thinking is that these are true statements. We all have seen tons of movies to prove that this idea is factual, which is why I agree with a moral realism view. However, a moral relativism looks at this sentence as just an opinion of the two characters. So, I took this into another way of thinking. If you think about in today’s world you have Osama Bin Laden who was a leader of horrific terroristic acts. Now a moral realism looks at this sentence and thinks that this is true he is a horrible person who did horrific acts. A moral relativism’s way of thinking would be that these are opinions and he neither is or isn’t a horrible person because of the opinion factor. Now, I am not saying that a moral relativism person agrees with anything he did but just as a basic understanding. However, with an example like this, this is why moral realism makes the most sense.
After researching moral realism and moral relativism further they are both standpoints in which I understand and was able to grasp a fundamental understanding of the two. Moral realism is judgments based on factual information and is basically true or false. Moral relativism is basically a claim and
Moral realism or also known as ethical realism is an idea that there are moral facts in a statement and that something can be true or false based on those …show more content…
It took me breaking these ideas down to the most basic sentence. I used the sentence that heroes are good and villains are bad. To me, the moral realism way of thinking is that these are true statements. We all have seen tons of movies to prove that this idea is factual, which is why I agree with a moral realism view. However, a moral relativism looks at this sentence as just an opinion of the two characters. So, I took this into another way of thinking. If you think about in today’s world you have Osama Bin Laden who was a leader of horrific terroristic acts. Now a moral realism looks at this sentence and thinks that this is true he is a horrible person who did horrific acts. A moral relativism’s way of thinking would be that these are opinions and he neither is or isn’t a horrible person because of the opinion factor. Now, I am not saying that a moral relativism person agrees with anything he did but just as a basic understanding. However, with an example like this, this is why moral realism makes the most sense.
After researching moral realism and moral relativism further they are both standpoints in which I understand and was able to grasp a fundamental understanding of the two. Moral realism is judgments based on factual information and is basically true or false. Moral relativism is basically a claim and