Moral Theory Flaws

Moral Theories, can be define as guides for humans to figure out what actions are either right or wrong. Some of the many moral systems are Ethical Egoism, Utilitarianism, Kant Theories, Ethical Subjectivism and Natural Law. It’s essential to know that every moral theory has its flaws and problems and may not go with the times we are living on. By combining different moral theories, it will eliminate different flaws from each of those theories and allow me to end with my own moral theory that will go according to my morals and beliefs. Taking in consideration my family, friends, community and the world, the first theory I decided to add to my moral theory is Ethical Subjectivism. Ethical Subjectivism, is a theory which states that every opinion …show more content…
In the case of Ethics of Care, the two major flaws are emotions are unreliable and that impartiality is needed in some cases and having a care system only about close relationships wouldn’t allow that. Meanwhile Utilitarianism has four major flaws, the theory it’s incompatible with justice and privacy, it doesn’t allow for backward looking reasons and disrupts personal relationships. I thought that by joining both of this theory, it could create a balance of having close relationships and being impartial in some cases, since it would overlap the two extremes sides and create a perfect midpoint. In the case of the Social Contract, like I said above it’s flaws are that you are born into it, there is no escaping it and the future is not included. The same goes for Multiculturalism Relativism, and how it was mention before, the only major flaw is that we aren’t even allow to judge our own culture. The only theory that I didn’t couldn’t find a flaw was Virtue Ethics, since all that it does is help with moral motivation and help us know what virtues makes a good person. All of these flaws mention would not form part of my moral theory since other theories would overlap the negatives aspects with their good