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    Normative Moral Relativism

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    discussion of moral judgments and the disagreements surrounds their validity in the absolute and moral sense.Most philosophers believe in either Normative Moral Relativism or Moral Objectivism. In class‚ Normative Moral Relativism is defined as the view that the truth or falsity of moral judgments is relative to the traditions etc. of a society or culture. Moral Objectivism‚ however‚ is defined in class as the view that morality is objective only if three rules are met‚ the first being that moral judgments

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    The moral guide that American society should use for making moral decisions is moral absolutism. This means that I agree that certain moral ideas should be universally accepted. There are many different cultures and customs and each has their own ideas regarding their own truths and what is moral. There can be so many different views of what is right and wrong depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism

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    in Livermore’s chapter 10‚ answer the following questions: How do we embrace “category width” without falling into moral relativism? “The degree to which we’re even comfortable thinking about that notion is directly connected to our category width.” (182). Broad categorizers tend to lean toward cultural width and I can understand that better now. I believe that people can have morals and biblical values and still have a right‚ different‚ and wrong meter. In my opinion‚ the bible is your guide and

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    ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM

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    RUNNING HEADING: ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM Ethical (Moral) Relativism Exploring Kohlberg’s stance on Ethical Relativism JebbehG Ethics in Contemporary Society | PHI101 A01 July 17‚ 2013 Introduction Presently‚ Americans are comfortable relating ethics to individuality. Often times‚ American citizens expresses their right of freedoms to enhance their own sense of ethics or relativity. In defining relativismmoral principles are a matter of personal feelings and

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    Ethnics are characteristics of a person or a certain group of people that share a culture ‚ religion‚ or language. Moral relativism is just a viewpoint from someone’s ethnical standards‚ which is how they feel. Basically it is something that people feel in their opinion that it is either right or wrong from a moral stand point in their eyes. Everyone has ethnics they might not be same as the ones you or I might have grew up with or have ever heard of but it does not mean that they are wrong or

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    surprise party to honking at a car that cuts you off‚ virtually every one of our voluntary actions must first undergo some sort of moral processing that tells us whether it is okay or not to do. As expected‚ this moral processing varies from culture to culture and is the basis of many of the culturally specific traditions and laws that we see today. However‚ this moral disagreement across cultures is so distinct that many intellectuals‚ especially in this current generation‚ have elected to believe

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    Moral relativism is an ethical theory that refers to the concept that there is more than one correct moral judgment. The moral judgments are either correct or incorrect only relative to some specific standpoint. This does not mean that one standpoint is more privileged than any other standpoint. This comes from the idea that cultures from around the world tend to show different moral values; there are no general moral values that everyone in the world shares‚ and no one should push their own moral

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    Euthyphro

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    Euthyphro Socrates is impressed by the fact that Euthyphro is willing to perform his duty even though it means taking action against a member of his own family. Without any further discussion of the case involving Euthyphros father‚ Socrates is anxious to pursue the nature of piety since this is related to the fact that Meletus has accused him of the crime of impiety. This is why he asks Euthyphro‚ "What is piety?" Euthyphro answers that piety is acting the way he is acting in bringing charges

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    Euthyphro In this essay I will explain the concept of the holiness emerges and why it takes a prominent position in the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro. I will also explain the three definitions that Euthyphro uses in his response to Socrates and then present Socrates’s refutation of each of Euthyphro definitions. Also this essay will test my ability to develop my own argument as to what I think Socrates’s goal is in this dialogue. How do you know that is his goal? What features of

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    some important domain(s). By far the most common form of relativism is moral relativism. Like relativism generally‚ moral relativism comes in two major forms: moral subjectivism and cultural moral relativism. Moral subjectivism is the view that what is morally right and good for an individual‚ A‚ is whatever A believes is morally right and good. Thus‚ if Andy believes that premarital sex is always wrong‚ and Jennifer believes that it is not always wrong‚ according to moral subjectivism premarital

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