Moral relativism is defined as the ethical beliefs that are relative to certain factors such as individual and society. (Irwin & Johnson, 2010) According to Stephen Colbert, he believes that there is no absolute standard for truthiness; therefore, an individual behavior or action is justified to be right, could also be wrong and otherwise. (Irwin & Johnson, 2010)Some people might agree with the point that the rightness or wrongness of the truth is really based on what they believe rather than what the society believes; however, I personally have quite different perspective upon this argument. The goal of this paper is to criticize that ethical relativism does not reflect the universal ethical truth.
First example of moral relativism is about …show more content…
If the original definition of marriage is to celebrate lifetime happiness, but sadly in some parts of the world where child marriage is still popular, there is no more reason to be happy. In some countries such as India, Bangladesh or Ethiopia, child marriage is known as one of the common social norms. (Child marriage, 2016)They force children who are underage to get married. According to the prohibition of Child marriage Act, 18 is the legal age for women to get married and 21 is legal age for men. (Child marriage, 2016) However, in India, there are more than 250 million kids who are forced to get married before 15. (Child marriage, 2016) Another shocking fact that these children are being used as a swap in order to get financial benefits in return (Child marriage, 2016) Lots of children from these countries have to suffer severe harm both physically and mentally. (Child marriage, 2016) There are many reasons that Child marriage should not be supported and continue to carry on. Studies found that getting married at such a young age, kids are forced to do things they do not eager to do such as abusing them as a maid or even forcing them to have sexual activities in order to have babies as soon as possible. (Child marriage, 2016) Consequently, after all the hurtful facts and news, would it still be okay to say that moral truth should be related to cultural differences? From my opinion, the value of humanity would be more likely low since people agree to let these evil acts happen on those poor kids. It is a must to have an absolute ethical standard which will ban the underage marriage activities and set some strictly punishment for those who are crossing the line of the universal moral
First example of moral relativism is about …show more content…
If the original definition of marriage is to celebrate lifetime happiness, but sadly in some parts of the world where child marriage is still popular, there is no more reason to be happy. In some countries such as India, Bangladesh or Ethiopia, child marriage is known as one of the common social norms. (Child marriage, 2016)They force children who are underage to get married. According to the prohibition of Child marriage Act, 18 is the legal age for women to get married and 21 is legal age for men. (Child marriage, 2016) However, in India, there are more than 250 million kids who are forced to get married before 15. (Child marriage, 2016) Another shocking fact that these children are being used as a swap in order to get financial benefits in return (Child marriage, 2016) Lots of children from these countries have to suffer severe harm both physically and mentally. (Child marriage, 2016) There are many reasons that Child marriage should not be supported and continue to carry on. Studies found that getting married at such a young age, kids are forced to do things they do not eager to do such as abusing them as a maid or even forcing them to have sexual activities in order to have babies as soon as possible. (Child marriage, 2016) Consequently, after all the hurtful facts and news, would it still be okay to say that moral truth should be related to cultural differences? From my opinion, the value of humanity would be more likely low since people agree to let these evil acts happen on those poor kids. It is a must to have an absolute ethical standard which will ban the underage marriage activities and set some strictly punishment for those who are crossing the line of the universal moral