PP110 Lecture Notes - Reductio Ad Absurdum, United Nations Charter, Cultural Relativism
Document Summary
Meta-ethics: looking beyond ethics (what can ethical statements tell us?: meta-ethics looks at/discusses the status of ethical claims (1 step removed) Cultural relativism the view that all morals are relative to time, place, history and culture (there are no universal moral ethical truths) Who are you to judge: encounter objectivism simply a matter of opinion (judgematic) If views/judgment have no weight in one circumstance, then it has no weight in other circumstances as well: logical implication of moral subjectivity. Ex. one cannot judge that the holocaust is one of the most evil, vicious, shameful, degrading, etc. moments in history. One benefit: countries came together to create laws that would prohibit any such occurrences in the future (united nations charter of human. A number of principals (ethical, legal) that attempt to specify the minimal conditions of what it is to live in a decent world: ex. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
