Moral relativism

In Mary Midgley's Trying Out One's New Sword, she explains that moral isolationism "Consists in simply denying that we can never understand any culture except our own well enough to make judgments about it. Midgley argues that not only is moral isolationism incorrect, it is logically incoherent. She explains that the people who take up this idea of moral isolationism think that it is being respectful to other cultures and societies but you cannot claim to be respectful to something that is…

“In rhetoric and ethics, two wrongs make a right and two wrongs don't make a right are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs don't make a right" has been considered as a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation but ends up with no achievement.” Good morning and welcome, I am Sam Mills, a student from Saint Joseph's Nudgee College. Today I will be talking about the thesis statement of “two wrongs don't make a right” The Act…

the act of making a decision either through the history that learned from their parenthood or new ages the Western Civilization. In addition, another idea Ruth Benedict talks about show the significance study of anthropology is the idea goodness of moral is link to the individual habits. In other word, the meaning of normal to us may not exactly the same as other culture. Therefore, this is an importance statement and core concept of anthropological the study of human in the present and past.…

The first question that popped into mind was what does “culturally relative” mean. Cultural relativism is the idea that one’s morals, beliefs, ethics and customs are relative to the context in which one lives. Donnelly explains his reasoning behind his statement “human rights are not in any important way culturally relative” by stating that to him, culture only explains little of the importance about the development of ideas and practices of human rights or rights that we have in the…

question that is directed towards religious people and beliefs, that asks where is the source of morality? Is something moral because God commands it or does God commands something moral because it is good? I believe what is morally good is for a fact of God commands it to be so; anything may be considered moral, but we as humans don’t have the power to decide whether something is moral or not. Thus giving sovereignty and acknowledgement of his divine command which is the foundation of morality.…

not realize it at the time, our actions impact us in a negative or positive way somewhere down the line. The choices we make will always stick with us and will shape us into who we are meant to be. Throughout my life, I have never followed one true moral philosophy. The people I’ve met, the places I’ve been and the experiences I’ve had have caused me to change me mind about many aspects of my life throughout the last 21 years. After taking a chance to reflect on all that has happened to me, I…

skills and resources necessary to end suffering in the world. He says that to do this we are each morally obligated to give as much as we are able without negative consequences on ourselves. He also states that in order for this to be achieved as a moral code, our structure of society must be changed. In this paper, I will argue that Peter Singer adequately presents his argument. I will also raise an objection to his argument and state his refutation of that objection. The objection raised is…

What is the capacity in which things that are not under your control can affect the amount of moral responsibility that you face? For this topic, there are generally three main views that claim to answer this question, and they are each rather simple; first, there are those that think that people are only blameworthy for things that are under their control. Second, there are those who think that people are blameworthy for things that are not under their control, and lastly, there are those that…

reader the couple has agreed upon giving the pregnancy a chance. There can also be crossroads in life that might give us a fork in the road/path to our own fatality. How we get there should be a personal preference; without question. What are the moral rights of cancer or terminally ill patients? Should heath care professionals be able to step in and take over a patient 's wish or request on their own death? In Wit written by Margaret Edson, directed by Mike Nichols and Emma Thomson, Emma…

by their moral judgment. Growing up in a less fortunate community and witnessing crimes time and time again will begin to seem normal to someone. Within the article Haidt (2001) defines moral judgement as “ Moral judgments are therefore defined as evaluations (good vs. bad) of the actions or character of a person that are made with respect to a set of virtues held to be obligatory by a culture or subculture (pg 817). Haidt talks about how certain situations require us to use our moral judgement…