ethical relativism and its flaws

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Philosophy

 

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Elizabeth C

 

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June 3, 2013

 

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Therefore, relativism is actually significant in each culture. Cultural relativism is complicated in that a whole group of people within an area believe in what they've always been told. Shaw gives an excellent example about slavery in the south.. Decades ago, it unfortunately existed and it was acceptable in that time period...
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However, now it is clearly immoral. A relativist would think that it is acceptable because it was part of the culture. It is not steady to keep changing morals through time. Who distinguishes right from wrong in that whole society in the first place? Shaw discusses this using abortion as an example. If 51% of the society thinks that abortion is permissible, that certainly is not enough to say that the whole culture agrees on it...
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