PHILOS 2YY3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Polman: Cultural Relativism, Firm Foundation, Conventionalism
3 Apr 2018
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Grounds morality in the group or culture conventional ethical relativism = the view that there are no objective moral principles but only that valid moral principles are justified by cultural acceptance and recognition. Diversity t + dependency t = er. We can actually see great similarities between the moral codes of various cultures: every culture has a concept of murder, distinguishing it from execution, killing in war, etc, notions of incest contain prohibitions. A neutral between theories: objectivists could complete cr but still defend a form of universalism. P: distinguished a weak and strong dependency thesis: weak: says that the application of principles depends on the particular cultural situation, strong: affirms that principles themselves depend on that situation. We cannot justify a moral relativist case through appealing to a divine law / human sin: this only causes deviation: a religious justification should not be necessary for the validity of moral principles.
