PHIL 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cosmopolitanism, Relativism, Subjectivism
8 Dec 2016
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Moral (ethical) subjectivism: right and wrong is determined by what you just happens to think (or "feel") is right or wrong. Cultural relativism: right and wrong is determined by the particular set of principles or rules the relevant culture just happens to hold at the time. Virtue ethics: right and wrong are characterized in terms of acting in accordance with the traditional virtues -- making the good person. Utilitarianism: right and wrong is determined by the overall goodness (utility) of the consequences of action. Relativism: the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others. Divine command theory: morality begins and ends with god"s commands, and an action is right if god commands it. The only thing that is good without qualification is:
