PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism
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The bogus views of morality (what makes something moral and acceptable) As in there is an exception to the rule. My neighbor that is a republican is poor. If someone says this is right means that the agent approves of x . The agent is the person or group that did it. It"s subjective because only one group"s opinion matters, and that group is that the did the action. For certain issues (such as what to study or who to date) subjectivism is all that is required. However, most situations require more to know if it is morally admissible. Says that each agent has their own morality that is completely unique. Each morality is both wrong and right based on perspective. The only thing that matters is approval or disapproval. So unless it changes someone"s mind, it doesn"t matter. According to this theory, as long as one person approves of it it is right.
