PHIL 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moral Relativism, Law Of Excluded Middle
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What (cid:449)ould subjective relativism say: to clarify theoretical disagreements, we sometimes need to contrive hypothetical scenarios, affe(cid:272)tio(cid:374)atel(cid:455) (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed (cid:862)thought e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. (cid:863) Resolving theoretical disagreements: when faced with multiple incompatible theories, how should we decide which theory to accept, and which to reject, think critically. Thinking critically about subjective relativism: suppose subjective relativism is true; what follows, everyone is infallible about everything, neither of these counts as a definitive refutation of the theory, even if the results sound. A refutation of subjective relativism: either s. r. is true, or it is false (law of excluded middle, suppose s. r. is true, some people believe s. r. is categorically false, s. r. is false. (from 2. 1, suppose s. r. is false, 1. In either case, s. r. is false (from 2. 2 and 3. 1: s. r. is false (from 1 and 4) If any society accepts that social relativism is categorically false, then a version of the precious argument can be given.