Philosophy 2700F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Moral Relativism, Moral Absolutism, Ethical Egoism
10 Oct 2014
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Unit 1: pojman a defence of ethical objectivism. Subjectivism: morality is in the eye of the beholder. According to pojman this makes morality a useless concept as we would be unable to criticize one"s morality as long as they believed it was right. Conventionalism: the view that there are no objective moral principles, but that all valid moral principles are justified. If morality is relative to culture, then there is no basis for criticizing any but our own culture"s morality. Therefore we must be tolerant of other"s moralities even if they are wrong. By this logic the reformer is always wrong for challenging bad moralities . There could still be a set of moral norms applicable to all cultures that are disregarded at a culture"s own expense. Pojman distinguishes moral absolutism from moral objectivism: absolutist believes there are non-override able principles never to be violated, objectivist have no non-override able principles.
