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    Normative Moral Relativism

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    discussion of moral judgments and the disagreements surrounds their validity in the absolute and moral sense.Most philosophers believe in either Normative Moral Relativism or Moral Objectivism. In class‚ Normative Moral Relativism is defined as the view that the truth or falsity of moral judgments is relative to the traditions etc. of a society or culture. Moral Objectivism‚ however‚ is defined in class as the view that morality is objective only if three rules are met‚ the first being that moral judgments

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    The Issue of Moral Relativism Student’s Name Institution of Learning The Issue of Moral Relativism As it is known‚ moral relativism is a point of view that denies the existence of absolute moral truths (Gowans‚ 2015). In turn‚ moral absolutism claims the existence of objective moral values that are present in any type of culture (“What is Ethics? n.d.”). Supporters of moral relativism use several arguments in favor of their point of view. Their first argument is based on a “plain fact

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    morality? It is defined as standards concerning the significance between right and wrong or acceptable and despicable behavior. In the article "The Moral Instinct" written by psychologist Steven Pinker‚ the ideology of morality as a sixth sense is analyzed as it pertains to everyday life. Pinker describes how one has learned to accept the standards of morals subconsciously. Pinker makes a claim that we tend to make excuses as opposed to utilizing reason when settling on ethical judgements. He

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    Moral relativism is an ethical theory that refers to the concept that there is more than one correct moral judgment. The moral judgments are either correct or incorrect only relative to some specific standpoint. This does not mean that one standpoint is more privileged than any other standpoint. This comes from the idea that cultures from around the world tend to show different moral values; there are no general moral values that everyone in the world shares‚ and no one should push their own moral

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    moral developmental

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    Development of Moral Reasoning‚ Attitudes & Beliefs ( Kohlberg‚ Turiel‚ Gilligan) Lawrence Kohlberg • He established the Moral Judgement Interview in his original 1958 dissertation‚ the interviewer uses moral dilemmas to determine which stage of moral reasoning a person uses. • The dilemmas are fictional short stories that describe situations in which a person has to make a moral decision. • Kohlberg experimented on this theory by interviewing boys aged 10 to 16. They were presented moral dilemmas

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    Why are violation of expectation studies considered controversial? Most psychological research needs participants and researchers to communicate clearly with one another. When it comes to very young children that are quite hard. Researchers have no way to communicate with infants therefore they need another way to measure the infants’ reaction. Violation of expectation studies appear to propose a solution to these problems. The violation of expectation studies are studies generally

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    Moral issues are inescapable part of our living and who we are‚ in life we encounter several circumstances in human existence and experiences through personal and moral questions out of various moral challenge and questions we answer these questions based on moral values that we believe in those moral values that shape our thoughts‚ feelings actions and perceptions where ethics takes place hence ethics is the study of moral standard. In which the presence of knowledge is within in hand with component

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    In A Defense of Moral Relativism‚ Ruth Benedict argues that normal behavior varies from society to society; therefore‚ what’s morally right for one society can be morally wrong for another. To support this argument‚ Benedict mentions how certain cultures practice what’s “abnormal” to us without any difficulty. She goes further to give examples of traits that are abnormal to us such as‚ “sadism or delusions grandeur or of persecution” (Benedict‚ 1934‚ p.1) and concludes saying that “these abnormal

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    Moral Panics Summary

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    In the article‚ “Moral Panics: Culture‚ Politics‚ and Social Construction” the authors Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda discuss the different perspectives of moral panics. The two perspectives are the objectivist and the constructionist. These two perspectives differ in how moral panics are to come about in a society. However‚ the constructionist view is more important to society than the objectivist view. According to the objectivist view‚ a social problem is something that is a real threat to

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    Worksheet: Moral Agent

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    of the moral agent (individual contemplating ethical course of action) what obligation is owed to the claimant? Identify the perspective of each of the claimants by indicating what outcome they would prefer to this issue. CLAIMANT OBLIGATION PERSPECTIVE officer Nixon non injury prefer the moral agent to ingore the situation officer ross non injury pefer the moral agent to ignore the situation husband beneficence prefer the moral agent

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