PHIL 2103 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cultural Relativism, Meta-Ethics, Subjectivism
25 Aug 2016
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Ethical relativism thesis that there are no objective moral truths: subjectivism when it comes to moral claims, there are only moral truths that are relative to the individual but there are no objective truths. Even though the view is logically coherent it is an absurd consequence because there is no real moral dispute: conventionalism moral truths are conventional meaning society overwhelmingly approves of it (cultural relativism ruth benedict article) Benedict different cultures have different understandings of conventional moral truths but there are no objective moral truths. Cultural relativism ruth benedict: morality is relative. Benedict argues that the moral standards of various cultures vary depending on the unique histories and environments of those cultures. Therefore, there are no objective moral standards, just the moral systems that are relative to specific societies. We should adopt an attitude of tolerance toward the practice of other cultures.
