PHI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Relativism, Relativism, Begging
16 Jun 2016
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Relativism according to the rachel"s reading: (various claims made by relativists: ***** rachels rejects relativism***, 1. Different societies/individuals have different moral codes (evidence: 2. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one such code as better than another (definition: 3. The moral code of our own society/individual has no special status (corollary: 4. There is no universal truth in ethics: 5. The moral code of a society/individual determines what"s right within that society for that individual: 6. It is mere arrogance for us to judge the practices of other people/cultures; we should adopt an attitude of. Non-relativism: equal cases should be treated equally (no matter the culture) Non-relativists believe that there has been progress in ethics: decline in violence, human rights, but many unanswered questions remain. Relativists believe that values and ethics have changed, bot not progresses/developed. Conclusion: god exists: you cant pre-suppose what your arguing for (claiming that number 2 is correct)
