Relativist Theory Of Morality: Different For Individual People

1. The relativist theory is the theory that morality is different for individual people. It is up to the individual themselves to determine what actions are considered right and wrong. In the relativist theory morality is defined by humans. The universalist theory differs because this theory states that morality is the same for all humans not the individual. When studying a different person, a relativist researcher would believe that their morality differs from the person they are studying because it is created by humans therefore each person gets to define their morality. When studying the same person as the relativist researcher a universalist research would believe that they have the same morality as the person they are studying because they believe the same moral truths exist for all humans no matter the individual.
An autonomous moral agent is a freethinker someone who is able to see outside of the box, compared to a heteronomous moral agent who is stuck inside the box and accepts whatever is imposed by another person unable to think for themselves. Self-realization is being able to see our own potential. In order to be a self-actualized person or self-realized you must be an autonomous moral agent. If you are a heteronomous moral agent, you will be trapped in the box and never be able to see your own potential because you are limiting yourself to accepting what other people tell you instead of being a free thinker. As an autonomous moral agent, you can see past other people realize your true potential. I do believe I am self-realized. I believe this because in politics I have to be able to set aside my own personal views and be able to be open myself up to the other side of an argument on an