PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Cultural Relativism
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Absolutism: the view that at least some moral values are universal and apply to all individuals and cultures: there are universal moral values that apply to everyone in all cultures. We think it is universally wrong to stand by and watch. We don"t agree if we have to put ourselves in harm"s way. Also why we think slavery is wrong the relativists has to admit that slavery is acceptable and if we reject this idea, then we have to reject relativism: example: slavery is morally wrong. Humans assume they are free to make choices. But we assume there are moral standards. Look at how we live, we do not have big debates on things (e. g. killing innocent people is wrong) We can transgress moral standards; that means there is something outside that is subjective / or something true outside your culture. For cultural relativism, some cultures are wrong (e. g. genital mutilation is wrong).
