'Relativist ethics are unfair'
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- Created on: 18-03-14 19:02
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- 'Relativist ethics are unfair'
- Supports diverse cultural expressions
- Prohibits the dominance of a single culture
- Flexible enough to accommodate the wide diversity of lifestyles today
- Moral acts become that which is socially approved- the brutality towards Jews in Nazi Germany would be just
- Can't condemn immorality, but can justify it, e.g. murder
- People who can't be trusted to make the right decision would not be condemned
- Not all views are equal. Socrates- of opinions, regard "the good ones and not the bad"
- Some acts always seem wrong, e.g. slaughtering innocents
- Many religions reject this. How can we make a moral decision on the spot, wiser than hundreds of years of contributions from religious thinkers?
- Allows for human autonomy
- Who are we to decide what is right and wrong?
- Takes into account the circumstances of the situation, rather than, e.g. condemning a stealing mother and stealing billionaire equally
- Based on the situation's circumstances- can provide the best outcome
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