Absolutism: Believe in moral truths that are fixed for all time,& for all people; Moral actions are right/ wrong in themselves irrespective of circumstance, culture/ opinion
- Deontological thinkers
- "Follow the good and avoid evil"
- Objective- Allow moral rules to be evaulated critically
- Universal rules
- Examples of ethical Absolutists:
1. PLATO- Believing that goodness itself really exists beyong this world
2. ST THOMAS AQUINAS- Believing in a fixed devine law
3. F.H. BRADLEY- Believing that morals are fixed, part of a concrete universe
Strengths- Clear cut answers, objective, universal (No need for debating), fixed ethical code, set of morals to follow
Weaknesses- Doesn't take circumstances into account, intolerant of culture, choice of evil, hard to objective when influenced by cultural beliefs
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