PHL275H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kantianism, Utopia, First Principle
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Tom regan how not to answer moral questions. Jeff mcmahan - eating animals the nice way. Cultural relativism: (at least some) moral claims are true, but only relative to particular cultures. Individual relativism: (at least some) moral claims are true, but only relative to particular individuals. Society relativism: (at least some) moral claims are true but only relative to particular societies. Cultural relativism is the view that the truth/falsity of moral claims is relative to particular cultures (this is not the view that moral codes vary across cultures. The people of c may be mistaken: moral nihilist: the people of c are mistaken. Different cultures have different moral codes, therefore, there is no right and wrong and objective truth varies. Right and wrong are only matters of opinions. The fact that people disagree about something doesn"t mean something is wrong.
