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Bulacan State University
Bustos Campus
Bustos, Bulacan
WRITTEN REPORT in SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY (ETHICAL RELATIVISM)
Submitted by GROUP 1
BSED-3H
Submitted to Mr. Cruz
ETHICAL RELATIVISM
Ethical relativism is the position that there are no moral absolutes, no moral right and wrongs. Instead, right and wrong are based on social norms. Such could be the case with "situational ethics," which is a category of ethical relativism. At any rate, ethical relativism would mean that our morals have evolved, that they have changed over time, and that they are not absolute.
ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE * The advantage of ethical relativism is that it allows for a wide variety of cultures and practices. It also allows people to adapt ethically as the culture, knowledge, and technology change in society. This is a good and valid form of relativism.
* The disadvantage of ethical relativism is that truth, right and wrong, and justices are all relative. Just because a group of people think that something is right does not make it so.
Cultural Relativism
Cultural relativism describes the simple fact that there are different cultures and each has different ways of behaving, thinking and feeling as its members learn such from the previous generation. There is an enormous amount of evidence to confirm this claim. It is well known by just about every human on the planet that people do things differently around the globe. People dress differently, eat differently, speak different languages, sing different songs, have different music and dances and have many different customs.
Descriptive Ethical Relativism
Descriptive ethical relativism describes the fact that in different cultures one of the variants is the sense of morality: the mores, customs and ethical principles may all vary from one culture to another. There is a great deal of information available to confirm this as well. What is thought to
Bustos Campus
Bustos, Bulacan
WRITTEN REPORT in SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY (ETHICAL RELATIVISM)
Submitted by GROUP 1
BSED-3H
Submitted to Mr. Cruz
ETHICAL RELATIVISM
Ethical relativism is the position that there are no moral absolutes, no moral right and wrongs. Instead, right and wrong are based on social norms. Such could be the case with "situational ethics," which is a category of ethical relativism. At any rate, ethical relativism would mean that our morals have evolved, that they have changed over time, and that they are not absolute.
ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE * The advantage of ethical relativism is that it allows for a wide variety of cultures and practices. It also allows people to adapt ethically as the culture, knowledge, and technology change in society. This is a good and valid form of relativism.
* The disadvantage of ethical relativism is that truth, right and wrong, and justices are all relative. Just because a group of people think that something is right does not make it so.
Cultural Relativism
Cultural relativism describes the simple fact that there are different cultures and each has different ways of behaving, thinking and feeling as its members learn such from the previous generation. There is an enormous amount of evidence to confirm this claim. It is well known by just about every human on the planet that people do things differently around the globe. People dress differently, eat differently, speak different languages, sing different songs, have different music and dances and have many different customs.
Descriptive Ethical Relativism
Descriptive ethical relativism describes the fact that in different cultures one of the variants is the sense of morality: the mores, customs and ethical principles may all vary from one culture to another. There is a great deal of information available to confirm this as well. What is thought to