Subjectivism Each every person in the room is a subject. There no way to make a judgment between 2 people. Ethical subjectivism is the meta-ethical belief that ethical sentences reduce to factual statements about the attitudes and/or conventions of individual people‚ or that any ethical sentence implies an attitude held by someone. As such‚ it is a form of moral relativism in which the truth of moral claims is relative to the attitudes of individuals (as opposed to‚ for instance‚ communities). Consider
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universalism ideologies has been going on for several years now. There have been many highly respected people agreeing and disagreeing on which belief is right and wrong. The two well known are American Anthropologist Ruth Benedict and Dr. Louis Pojman. Upon reading their work‚ I found both of them to have very excellent points. I found myself hard to just pick one ideology. After reading both of their ideas and contemplating I came to the conclusion that I agree and disagree in Relativism and
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economic disadvantage‚ there is an equal opportunity for everyone. In the context of the hiring process‚ it means that nobody should be overlooked due to those reasons. According to American philosopher Louis P. Pojman (1998)‚ there is a division in the overreaching topic of affirmative action. Pojman separates the topic into two classes: weak and strong affirmative action with the
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the way in which we should our lives as a society I firmly believe Pojman and Fieser reject this way of thought thoroughly. They cannot seem to grasp the idea of being completely morally subjective. They stated‚ there is no existing argument that could be said about Hemingway’s feelings toward a bull fight if he‚ Hemingway‚ completely identifies himself with a society that sees bull fights as morally correct. According to Pojman‚ there is no argument that can counteract the idea that his feelings
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Identify two of the main aims of sentencing and critically evaluate the measures used to achieve these objectives. This essay will be evaluating two main aims of sentencing‚ which are rehabilitation and retribution of offenders’ in the criminal justice system. Rehabilitation‚ which is the aim and main purpose is to prevent prisoners from going back to prison for another crime after being released. Rehabilitation is a right way of getting them in the right frame of mind for when they have to make
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A Defense of Determinism Determinism receives more public attention and inclinations from people because it offers a causal explanation for everything that happens. Opposite to Libertarians’ world based on mere chance and undetermined actions which seems less plausible‚ Determinists believe that “whatever happens at any given moment is the effect of some antecedent cause”(388)‚ in other words‚ any state at any given time is completely determined by it’s prior state. According to the theory of
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The Beauty and Cruelty in Human Nature: An Analysis of The Kite Runner from Biblical View and Karl Marx’s Theory In this essay‚ we will discuss both the beauty of human kind‚ love‚ and the cruel sin in human nature from Biblical view and Karl Marx’s theory. We will also use some examples from Khaled Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ as well as history and current event to support the main points that love is the beauty and uniqueness of humankind‚ and everyone is sinful for we all will inevitably
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Ethical relativism 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
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I. Short Answers 1. Plato uses the forms to discuss almost everything. Forms are general concepts that are used to classify different physical concepts. The forms are non physical‚ mental concepts. Plato utilizes the forms to prove mind-body dualism. The forms are real things‚ they exist‚ and are considered to be more real than physical things. It refers to things that are eternal‚ perfect‚ unchanging‚ and universal. The mind is also eternal‚ not the brain. Forms are concepts or ideas that help
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A moral relativist is someone who views that ethical standard‚ morality‚ and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a person’s individual choice. In regards to Pojman beliefs‚ I do agree that most American students tend to be moral relativists. It is because of the culture that we grew up in. Morality depends on the amount of social acceptance it gets to morally good or bad. For example‚ he stated that individuals
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