PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Subjectivism, Moral Relativism, Cultural Relativism
20 Oct 2016
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No tutorials this week week of sept. 12. Moral relativism: moral principles are relative to culture or individual choice. Subjectivism: morality is a personal decision some are alright for me. Conventionalism: morality as social acceptance morality is relative to a culture a. b. Moral objectivism: some moral principles are universally valid. Morality is in the eye of the beholder subjectivism is like this. Problem: little or no interpersonal criticism logically possible, but morality is about interpersonal interaction o o. Morality is too important to just agree to disagree. Seems to imply tolerance but that would make tolerance a universal principle. No moral reason to obey law my group doesn"t recognize as valid. Cites a lot of researches on cultures and reported on the beliefs on different cultures and they"re many things that shape their culture it makes them who they are they are. They have their reasons and we have ours imply tolerance, tolerance of others people"s views.
