Relativism
- Created by: Rhyannan
- Created on: 21-01-13 18:40
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- Relativism
- Relativists believe that there are no objective moral truths,
- There are no absolute truths which are common to all humans
- Cultural Relitavism
- Morality is constructed within social groups e.g a faith community
- Principle that the morality of one society is not better than another only different.
- The diversity Thesis; Ethical rules differ from society to society- different moral laws
- Morality stems from communal feelings of ownership
- The Dependency thesis; Sumner argued that the morality of a society is dependent on aspirations, beliefs, environment
- Each person has their own beliefs depending on circumstances, but over time morality develops as a common denominator ( morality hold the society together)
- Conventionalism argues that moral laws emerge on an ad hoc basis based on reactions to partcular circumstances
- Pyramid Relativism starts from the principle that all societies and individuals develop fundamental principles that govern morality- these could be universal or specific to a particular society
- Subjective Relativism
- It is a matter of personal choice
- Criticising an individuals moral judgement is, in the form of relativism, over the matter of hypocrisy
- Rorty is one of the chiefs of this form of relativism
- Maintains the need fir a relativist framework for a society in order to maximise the freedoms of an individual
- People can still have different beliefs and live in harmony as long as they respect and tolerate eachother
- He thinks that is possible to have micro-societies eg moral attitudes with friends and parents
- Relativists believe that there are no objective moral truths,
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