Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher PHI/105 September 23‚ 2012 Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher I am writing this letter to John Dewey regarding his theory of pragmatism. I am choosing this theory because it interests me in the scientific aspect of your thinking. I know that you chose to challenge logicians to answer the question of truth. This is a hard thing to sort out and make real and true. Going up against some of the times most logical thinkers and challenging them
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Ethical relativism is the theory that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. That is‚ the moral norms of the society practiced depend on whether an action is right or wrong. But‚ the problem with moving from cultural perspective to cultural relativism is rather than saying‚ “we need to understand the morals of other cultures‚” it says‚ “we cannot judge the morals of other cultures‚” regardless of the reasons for their actions. The same action may be right in one society but be wrong
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Ethnics are characteristics of a person or a certain group of people that share a culture ‚ religion‚ or language. Moral relativism is just a viewpoint from someone’s ethnical standards‚ which is how they feel. Basically it is something that people feel in their opinion that it is either right or wrong from a moral stand point in their eyes. Everyone has ethnics they might not be same as the ones you or I might have grew up with or have ever heard of but it does not mean that they are wrong or
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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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The Flaws of Cultural Relativism Renowned philosopher Peter Singer once said: “...from a still larger point of view‚ my society is just one among other societies‚ and the interests of members of my society are no more important‚ from that larger perspective‚ than the similar interests of members of other societies… Taking the impartial element in ethical reasoning to its logical conclusion means‚ first‚ accepting that we ought to have equal concern for all human beings." What Singer is saying
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Relativism and absolutism are both equally important approaches when it comes to morality. They are both relevant in that they each follow along with one another in their approaches but both offer different directions and beliefs. Relativism is one of the challenges of morality and reflects upon the existence of morality in relation to culture‚ society‚ historical/era and individuals‚ only representing one of these relations but not the others. Absolutism also believes that morality has relation
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Moral Relativism vs. Moral Absolutes Paul Sartre’s atheistic existentialism divides the world into 2 groups‚ authentic and inauthentic. Authentic people are distinguished by their deliberate choices to use their freedom to find purpose and meaning in their existence‚ while inauthentic people are characterized by passivity. John Gardner disagrees with moral relativism evidenced in Sartre’s existentialism and chooses to believe in moral absolutes. He portrays Grendel in his book Grendel as a
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Ethical relativism is a moral belief that what may be deemed acceptable by “one person or group‚” is not necessarily acceptable nor applicable by or for another. Thus‚ according to this viewpoint morals are based upon individual or cultural philosophies of life. Consequently‚ relativism expels moral absolutes‚ beings morality is “a matter of personal taste or preference.” In this forum I am to determine whether I agree or disagree with this viewpoint‚ I disagree. To approve of this mindset‚ I
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Gray should tell Brown that cultural relativism states that different cultures accept different moral principles and make different moral judgments (Barcalow‚ P.58). Our moral beliefs should align with our community’s beliefs. Whatever a community thinks is wrong for it is wrong for it. In other words‚ whatever your community believes is moral right and is moral wrong then you as a member of the community should oblige by those beliefs. Cultural relativism also claims that there is no universal moral
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This paper will be a 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
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