Walter Stace | on Ethical Relativism

Multiple Choice

Walter Stace | On Ethical Relativism
Ethical relativism can be understood as an extreme left-wing response to ethical absolutism, which arose naturally out of Christian theology. Stace points out that while the former denies the latter, it also uses the term standard in a different way. While absolutist distinguishes between what is right and what is only thought to be right, the relativist sees them as the same.
-Ethical relativists would agree with which of the following statements?

A) What is right is not the same as what is thought to be right.
B) What is right is the same as what is thought to be right.
C) Universal moral standards exist across different cultures.
D) What is right does not differ across the ages.