PHI 014S Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cultural Relativism, Begging, Child Labor Laws In The United States
14 Apr 2018
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James rachels (opponent of relativism)- morality is not relative. Conclusion- therefore, there are no objective facts about ethics. There are only cultural opinions, which will vary: he shape of the earth. Unsound- the conclusion does not follow from premise. Begging the question- assuming what someone is supposed to be proving: the cultural differences arguement fails, relativism implies some false (at least instead of inplausible consequences) If we were to take cultural relativism seriously, then we would no longer have the right to say that the benefits in our society are better than another. Along with that, we would not be able to judge the actions of another society, however bad. For example, if one country decides to enslave the people of a neighbouring land, than according to cultural relativismwe can not criticize their actions. If this were true, how could there be such thing as moral responsiblity.
