A) Counter moral isolationism. B) Help people to be objective when attempting to understand other cultures. C) Can easily become overcome with understanding. D) Prevent us from truly examining our own culture. A) Counter moral isolationism. B) Help people to be objective when attempting to understand other cultures. C) Can easily become overcome with understanding. D) Prevent us from truly examining our own culture.

Exam 2: Ethical Relativism

How would an objectivist respond to the subjectivist/ relativist argument that there is no objective right and wrong because people never agree about what is right and wrong.

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They might give other examples of cases in which we do not agree about something, such as the date of the death of George Washington, and then explain that this disagreement does not prove that he did not die! Or they might offer that we argue and disagree about many things because we think that there is an answer and we want to convince the other or find out what it is.

According to Mary Migley, "moral isolationism"

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How could one be an objectivist or nonrelativist and yet hold that what is right in some circumstances is wrong or bad in others?

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One could hold both if the objective value that one believed in, such as happiness or freedom, were some very general value. Then this value might be furthered or realized differently in different situations. What promoted happiness in one circumstance might not do so in others, and what furthered freedom in some setting might not do so in other places.

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Social or cultural relativism holds that what is right is whatever one's society or culture holds is right.

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According to ethical relativism, there is no objective good or bad, right or wrong.

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Moral pluralists hold that there are many different ultimate values but question whether some rank higher than others.

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According to the text, moral skeptics hold that it is difficult or impossible to know what is good or bad, right or wrong.

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Ethical relativism holds that there is a right and wrong, even though we do not agree about what is right and wrong.

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According to individual ethical relativism, I cannot be objectively mistaken in my moral judgments.

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The belief that what is right in some circumstances is not necessarily right in others cannot be held by ethical objectivists.

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If people disagree about some moral matter, their disagreement will always be due to their having different moral values.

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Which is not a reason for supporting ethical relativism

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According to the text, the essence of both descriptive and ethical relativism is the belief that people do differ fundamentally about what is right and wrong.

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Is the relativist necessarily more tolerant than the objectivist?

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Ethical relativism holds that

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G. E. Moore is classified as a moral realist because he believed that there was some really existing quality of goodness that we could perceive by intuition.

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A supervenient moral property may include all of the following except

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People may have basic moral agreement but arrive at different conclusions because

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How would an objectivist respond to the subjectivist/ relativist argument that there is no objective right and wrong because people never agree about what is right and wrong.

According to Mary Migley, "moral isolationism"

How could one be an objectivist or nonrelativist and yet hold that what is right in some circumstances is wrong or bad in others?

Isolating barriers

Social or cultural relativism holds that what is right is whatever one's society or culture holds is right.

According to ethical relativism, there is no objective good or bad, right or wrong.

Moral pluralists hold that there are many different ultimate values but question whether some rank higher than others.

According to the text, moral skeptics hold that it is difficult or impossible to know what is good or bad, right or wrong.

Ethical relativism holds that there is a right and wrong, even though we do not agree about what is right and wrong.

According to individual ethical relativism, I cannot be objectively mistaken in my moral judgments.

The belief that what is right in some circumstances is not necessarily right in others cannot be held by ethical objectivists.

If people disagree about some moral matter, their disagreement will always be due to their having different moral values.

Which is not a reason for supporting ethical relativism

According to the text, the essence of both descriptive and ethical relativism is the belief that people do differ fundamentally about what is right and wrong.

Is the relativist necessarily more tolerant than the objectivist?

Ethical relativism holds that

G. E. Moore is classified as a moral realist because he believed that there was some really existing quality of goodness that we could perceive by intuition.

A supervenient moral property may include all of the following except

People may have basic moral agreement but arrive at different conclusions because

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