PHILOS 2YY3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Subjectivism, Cultural Relativism, Conventionalism
9 Apr 2018
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Moral objectivism: some moral principles are universally valid. Moral relativism: moral principles are relative to culture or individual choice: subjectivism: morality is a personal decision, conventionalism: morality as a social dependence. Subjectivism: morality is a personal decision (cid:498)morality is in the eye of the beholder(cid:499) about interpersonal interaction. Problem: little or no interpersonal criticism logically possible, but morality is. Seems to imply tolerance but that would make tolerance a universal moral principle: 2. No moral reason to obey law my group doesn"t recognize as valid: 4. Moral relativism argument: diversity thesis: moral rightness/wrongness varies from society to society, dependency thesis: rightness/wrongness of behavior depends on society to which you belong, conclusion: there are no absolute or objective moral standards. Objectivist responses to diversity thesis: similarities between moral codes, fact of cultural relativism doesn"t establish its truth. Objectivist responses to dependency thesis: objectivist application of moral principles can depend on beliefs, history, environment (weak dependency)
