Pojman's Theory Of Ethical Relativism

People are what they believe, what norms and customs, and laws governing them, people are their culture. Morality is the set of principles or system of conducts in society that distinguish between right and wrong or bad and good behaviors. The morality of society varies with the customs and the beliefs of the family. Ethical relativism is one of the philosophical theories that assert that the vindication of morality is relative to one’s culture. The fact that whether an action or value is morally upright is dependent on the norm of the society. The action proven as morally upright in one society can be proven as wrong or right with another. This underscores a critical discussion on the theory of ethical relativity according to Pojman.
The philosophy
Practices such as norms regarding decency and dressing may be localized to a given area since they are dictated by people’s thoughts and belief. Conversely, other practices such as political repression, torture, and slavery may be judged wrong universally despite the different beliefs that exist among the many diverse cultures.
Other philosophers claim that the wrongness or rightness of an action or practice is governed by the norm and customs of society. That implies that the members of that society are prisoners to the custom. They continue to say that this kind of a scenario enhances social conformity whereas it eliminates moral opinions and social consensus. For example, in society, people differ ideologically on what is wrong or right a good example is the lack of social consensus on the topic of abortion.
Most importantly, from what seems to be the strongest critic of ethical relativism is that universal moral standards exist regardless of the difference in the beliefs and moral practices among cultures. People can still acknowledge the presence, the different beliefs, culture, and their influence and again acknowledge that practices are morally
The morality of a practice is dictated by what a particular ethnic group thinks is wrong or right. Any action or practice is only considered true if it is within the confines of the community’s customs and norms. This is what the theory of ethical relativism states. The theory has faced a lot of critics from different philosophers such as Luis Pojman saying that the fact that a practice or an action is considered wrong by an individual ethnic does not hinder the same practice to be declared wrong universally since basic principle applies to all