Examples Of Moral Relativism

Moral relativism- The idea of moral relativism is one that morality is relevant to your situation, and that you should be accepting other people's morals and cultures. Moral relativism can first be seen in the colonies, mainly by the quakers in pennsylvania, and quakers were also vehemently against slavery, which was another morally relativistic idea. Moral absolutism- The idea that there is a clear right and wrong and that right and wrong is the same for every situation, and the idea has had many impacts on historical events in us history. For example, the colonies, particularly the puritans, had very strict ideas of right and wrong, church was mandatory, as was reading, but only because they wanted children to be able to read the bible, they wanted to be considered a “city upon a hill” which basically means they wanted to be looked up to in terms of morality. Moral absolutism was …show more content…
The big idea of this time period was that the colonies were very diverse and there were no signs that the colonies could band together against England for independence. There was very little religious tolerance in this time period, the puritans wanted to be considered a “city upon a hill”. The first great awakening also occurred during this time period, it was in reaction to the enlightenment and many new branches of christianity were created. LIfe in the colonies was very hard at first, and it was hard for the colonies to get their footing. The mortality rate was very high and boats struggled to bring people and supplies quickly enough. One incentive used was the promise of land for people who came to work in the colonies, and the use of indentured servants (slaves for a certain amount of time) helped the colonies finally establish successful colonies. At first, colonists came looking for gold, but they didn't find any, the main successful product that came from the colonies was