RE: Any Moral Relativists in the House?
May 25, 2021 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2021 at 2:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
-any of these no 2s
It doesn't follow - but it's also not relativism. What would follow, and actually be relativism, would be something like
1. Different cultures have different moral codes
2. Therefore, the true set of moral assertions varies from culture to culture.
Quote:1. The Greeks believed it was wrong to eat the dead, whereas the
Callatians believed it was right to eat the dead.
2. Therefore, eating the dead is neither objectively fight nor objectively
wrong. It is merely a matter of opinion, which varies from culture to
culture.
Or, alternatively:
1. The Eskimos see nothing wrong with infanticide, whereas Americans
believe infanticide is immoral.
2. Therefore, infanticide is neither objectively right nor objectively
wrong. It is merely a matter of opinion, which varies from culture to
culture.
Clearly, these arguments are variations of one fundamental idea They are both
special cases of a more general argument, which says:
1. Different cultures have different moral codes.
2. Therefore, there is no objective “truth” in morality. Right and wrong
are only matters of opinion, and opinions vary from culture to culture.
It doesn't follow - but it's also not relativism. What would follow, and actually be relativism, would be something like
1. Different cultures have different moral codes
2. Therefore, the true set of moral assertions varies from culture to culture.
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