01:730:103 Lecture 9: Week 9 Part 1 (11_2)
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A) each of us has our own personal moral code. The best phrase is that there are no objective values. The two components of the argument from queerness are metaphysical and. Mackie thinks that the argument from relativity has some force because it has indirect support for his belief of moral skepticism. This argues that moral variation does not define or make morality: what are the two components of mackie"s argument from queerness? epistemological. Recognize that our convictions about equality of opportunity are just our way of thinking and acting, with no objective basis. B) dismiss the beliefs and practices of other societies as irrelevant to how we should think and act, because we can safely assume that we have learned from their mistakes and that we are right. C) assume that other societies know something that we do not know.