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    Moral Relativism Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only 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. It has often been associated with other claims about morality: notably‚ the thesis that different cultures often exhibit radically different moral values; the denial that there are universal moral values shared by every human society; and the insistence

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    France. He earned a world –wide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Through his writings and I some measure against his will‚ he became the leading moral voice of his generation during the 1950’s. one of the greatest modern writers; he expresses the moral concerns of twentieth century. His writings describe the contemporary feeling that life has no ultimate meaning beyond immediate experience. He explores the various philosophical schools of thought-

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    Relativism Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. Under the umbrella of relativism‚ there are many different groups‚ like cognitive‚ moral‚ and situational relativism. In moral/ethical relativism it amounts to saying that all moralities are equally good. In cognitive relativism it implies that all beliefs‚ or belief systems‚ are equally true. This essay will refute relativism‚ and its basic premise. Relativism

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    is a view on morality stating that there are no universally accepted moral principles. Morality varies from one culture to another and no society has the right to impose their view of morality on other societies. Ethical relativism can be summed up to mean that morals are derived from what is culturally acceptable in any given society. ER is made up of two theses. The first is the diversity thesis‚ which simply says that moral practices are diverse across cultures. Ruth Benedict defends this theory

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    The Dilemma of Marquis’ Future Like Ours Argument when applied to Euthanasia In his essay "Why abortion is immoral"‚ Don Marquis defends the anti-abortionist view. He bases his defense on the moral impermissibility of killing in general through what he calls the deprivation thesis (DT)‚ which is that killing is wrong if the subject of the killing has a future like ours because killing the subject deprives it of its future. Marquis’ argument‚ known as the future like ours (FLO) argument against

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    Objective moral truths are truths that exist regardless of an individuals or a group opinion. Subjectivists believe that there are no objective moral truths and that morality is decided by the person. For instance‚ some objectivists would say that it is an objective moral truth that torturing babies is wrong. While subjectivist believe that it is morally true or morally wrong if one approves or disproves of torturing babies. According to subjectivism‚ things are either right or wrong according to

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    that theory. First thing I will go over‚ and break down cognitivism and non-cognitvism in meta-ethic philosophy. Cognitivism in philosophy is the meta-ethical theory that moral judgments state facts and are either true or false. Moral judgments are‚ or express states of beliefs. A strong cognitivist theory is one which holds moral judgments apt for evaluation in terms of truth and falsity‚ and can be the result of cognitively accessing the facts which makes them true. Cognitively assessing is of or

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    has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure.” (Bentham‚ “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation” 1.1). (Even Bentham agrees that we are inherently faulty‚ as he says “...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency” (Bentham‚ “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation” 1.13). Our moral obligation is then to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. (I will only use utilitarianism as an example‚ for its philosophy seems to

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    discusses the challenge relativism presents to various ethical and religious viewpoints. Consider a specific moral question which might make it difficult to accept the relativist’s response. State the moral issue involved‚ and provide an explanation as to why you think a relativist might have problem giving a justified response to it. Relativism presents challenges to various ethical‚ moral and religious viewpoints.  It is tempting to be able to think “live and let live”.  Personally‚ I generally

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    because while morality is determined relatively to a moral code‚ amorality can exist independently‚ especially by default in the absence of morality According to Merriam Webster‚ amoralism is being neither moral nor immoral i.e. lying outside the sphere to which moral judgments apply. Being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals An amoral person is one who does not recognize right or wrong‚ who lacks beliefs in any morals and denies the existence of objective morality. Some

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