Moral Relativism And Ethical Decisions In Sophie's Choice

Every day in this life, we make choices whether it be good or bad. Sometimes those we make decisions that are harder than others. We make choices as to what we want to eat and what we want to wear to what car we want to buy and if we should get those new expensive shoes. We make all these decisions every day, but what helps us to make these decisions? Some of us try to use reason, some are motivated by certain things and others just randomly pick. But what happens when you have no choice but to make an unethical, life altering choice. No matter how you look at it, it will always be wrong even if you try to find reason behind it. For example, a choice as to whether or not you should let one or both of your children be taken and killed. In “Sophie’s
“You may keep one of your children” he said (Styron, 2014, p.74). In “Sophie's choice”, the first theory she used to try to make her deci-sion was moral relativism. “Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false on-ly relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others” (Westacot). “Take the baby” she said “Take my little girl” (Styron, 2014, p. 75). Sophie had no choice but to make a not so moral choice. Sophie made the decision to give the little girl (Eva), because she thought that was the best thing for her. Eva was already scared, hurt from hunger, and was not expected to survive so Sophie decided that it would be best to put her out of her misery. According to Moral relativism is Moral realism, “Moral relativism can be formulated as a claim about the logical form of certain moral judgments” (Harman, G). Choosing between two people that you love dearly is never an easy decision, but Sophie did the best she could to try to rationalize her decision by using moral