PHIL 1290 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Moral Relativism, Categorical Imperative, Intellectual Virtue
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Moral elements study sheet: morality & ethics, religion, relativism. Acknowledges big connection, concludes that we do not need religion for morality: (because) he can imagine a society with religion and no morality, and a society with morality and no religion. Humans can also be immoral without religion, but religion is not essential. The problem is that it implies that rightness is separate from god. Midgely opposes moral isolationism (though not necessarily an absolutist) does believe there are universal moral truths and that we should work towards a common understanding. She argues that to respect someone, you have to understand their ways well enough. The better amount of knowledge the best possibility of respecting. Still live in moral world, humans all over have same basic human realities. Cannot make favourable judgement without knowledge just like you can"t make an unfavourable judgement. If we shouldn"t form a crude opinion of other cultures,
