Cultural Moral Relativism
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"Is morality different for different
"Is morality different for different cultures?" There are two different questions we might have in mind here.
First, we might mean: "Do people's beliefs about morality differ across cultures?" This question is easy. Yes, different cultures have different moral beliefs. We can call this view "Descriptive Relativism."
Second we might mean: "Does morality itself (i.e. the moral truth) differ across cultures?" This is harder. According to the view "Cultural Relativism" (which is a version of "Moral Relativism"), the answer is "yes." Morality is nothing more than whatever your culture approves or disapproves of.
But is cultural relativism true? Perhaps. However, it's important that we not make a mistake in our reasoning. The fact that cultures disagree about morality does not prove that morality isn't real or objective. That is, we shouldn't conclude that "cultural relativism" is true simply because "descriptive relativism" is true.*
*SOURCES:
The examples in the video (infanticide and killing cows) and the argument in the section "Is cultural relativism true?" which points out that descriptive relativism does not entail cultural relativism, are both drawn from chapter 2 ("the Challenge of Cultural Relativism") of James Rachels' textbook "The Elements of Moral Philosophy."
Further reading:
For more information on various forms of moral relativism (including cultural relativism) check out:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry on "Moral Relativism":
(https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mo...)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on "Moral Relativism": (https://iep.utm.edu/moral-re/)
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First, we might mean: "Do people's beliefs about morality differ across cultures?" This question is easy. Yes, different cultures have different moral beliefs. We can call this view "Descriptive Relativism."
Second we might mean: "Does morality itself (i.e. the moral truth) differ across cultures?" This is harder. According to the view "Cultural Relativism" (which is a version of "Moral Relativism"), the answer is "yes." Morality is nothing more than whatever your culture approves or disapproves of.
But is cultural relativism true? Perhaps. However, it's important that we not make a mistake in our reasoning. The fact that cultures disagree about morality does not prove that morality isn't real or objective. That is, we shouldn't conclude that "cultural relativism" is true simply because "descriptive relativism" is true.*
*SOURCES:
The examples in the video (infanticide and killing cows) and the argument in the section "Is cultural relativism true?" which points out that descriptive relativism does not entail cultural relativism, are both drawn from chapter 2 ("the Challenge of Cultural Relativism") of James Rachels' textbook "The Elements of Moral Philosophy."
Further reading:
For more information on various forms of moral relativism (including cultural relativism) check out:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry on "Moral Relativism":
(https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mo...)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on "Moral Relativism": (https://iep.utm.edu/moral-re/)
Media Sources:
Illustrations: https://www.freepik.com (and macrovector)
Tea Leaves Photo: "he reads tea leaves" by Peter-Ashley is licensed with CC BY 2.0
Other Photos & Video Clips: https://www.pexels.com
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Sound Effects: https://www.zapsplat.com
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