Ethical Relativism

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it means our judgment about ethics are RELATIVE to something else

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Relativism

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holds that ethical judgment is connected to our CULTURAL CONTEXT (our society’s point of view)

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Cultural Relativism

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holds that judgment about morality are relative to an individual’s point of view (an individuals outlook of life)

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Individualistic Relativism

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is a kind of SKEPTICISM about ethical reasoning - it is skeptical to the idea that there are the right or wrong answers to ethical questions

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Ethical Relativism

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looking at facts, ethical facts

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Skepticism

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one of the reasons of skepticism are _ and _ that different culture DISAGREE about moral value

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Empirical and Historical Facts

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it is the factual or DESCRIPTIVE claim that there are different ideas about values (go with the flow)

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Descriptive Ethical Relativism

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they cannot stand with their own principle

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Descriptive Relativism

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it claims that there are no OBJECTIVE or ABSOLUTE values that would allow us to make CRITICISM, depending if it is acceptable to the society

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Methaethics Relativism

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there IS objective right and wrong

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Objectivism and/or Nonrelativism

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it holds that ethical judgment and belief are the expressions of the moral outlook and the attitude of an individual

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Individual Relativism

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holds that ethical values vary from SOCIETY that the basis for moral judgment lies in the SOCIAL CULTURAL views

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Cultural Relativism

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what is morally right for one depends on what his or her society holds RIGHT

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Strong Relativism

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he viewed the proponent of perspectivism

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Frederick Nietzsche

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the idea that there is the only perspective in the world and nothing beyond these perspectives

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Perspectivism

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is the capabilities approach to ETHICS and HUMAN LIFE

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Weak Relativism

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they believed that there are central features of human flourishing and human well-being

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Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum

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we are different from society because our perception is based on our own opinion “the right to live”

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True

Question 19

one wins a certain action did something to the right of life to other people that action is morally wrong

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True

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the existence of moral diversity among people and culture

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The Diversity of Moral View

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variety of cultures with different values, we are in no place to judge which culture is right or wrong

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Tolerance and Open-mindedness

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we cannot be certain of what moral is

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Moral Uncertainty

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different situation, a difference of perception, what is right for you, can be right for another

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Situational Differences

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is a view that moral rules or principles have no exceptions and are CONTEXT DEPENDENT

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Absolutism

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it is the view that there exists a reality independent of those who know it

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Moral Realism

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it is grounded in the claim that human beings are different and that they should be allowed to flourish in their own way

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Moral Pluralism

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maker of the prima facie duties

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W.D Ross

Question 28

at the first look, it means that they are duties that are important and valuable at first blush, all other things being equal (duty of a person to the other person)

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Prima Facie duties