Deck 2: Ethical Relativism

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ethical relativism holds that

A) There is no objective right and wrong.
B) Right and wrong are not really knowable.
C) Some actions are more right than others.
D) All actions are equally moral.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

According to Mary Migley, "moral isolationism"

A) Is the respect for differences.
B) Has to do with choosing to be ignorant of moral reasoning.
C) Is not forced upon us and makes no sense at all.
D) Is a healthy way to accommodate diversity in a global village.

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

Isolating barriers

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.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

A) They come form different cultures.
B) They have different factual agreements.
C) They belong to different religions.
D) They have different points of view.

Question 15

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.

Question 16

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

Question 17

Is the relativist necessarily more tolerant than the objectivist?

Question 18

A supervenient moral property may include all of the following except

A) Courage
B) Generosity.
C) Profit.
D) Honesty.

Question 19

Which is not a reason for supporting ethical relativism

A) Moral uncertainty.
B) Diversity of moral views.
C) Situational differences.
D) Social cohesion.