Is Morality Relative?

Make a list of all the moral issues presented in this video.

According to J. Rachels, what is the core of Ethics?

Pick a case where you can accept the practice and use Moral Relativism as a tool to support your argument.

Pick a case where you cannot accept the practice and use Moral Absolutism to support your argument.

Is Morality Relative?

Moral/ethical relativism: Morality can only be judged with respect to particular situations, within the standards of particular belief systems and socio-historical contexts.

Moral anti-realism: Morality cannot be proved with objective moral facts

Cultural relativism is the principle--- ones beliefs and activities should be interpreted in terms of one's culture.

According to Cultural relativism---It would not be correct to judge one cultures way of living as better than another as they are all just different and every standard is bound to the particular culture.

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Moral Absolutism: The view that there are universal, eternal moral truths for all societies.

Moral Realism: There are true moral statements which report objective moral facts

J. Rachels : Human Welfare-- Act in such a way that you promote the interest of the person affected by your action, everyones interest is given equal weight.