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Terms in this set (24) Ethical Relativism. The belief that nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the definition of right or wrong depends on the prevailing view of a particular individual, cultural, or historical period. Moral Varies among culturals.
True. The claim, not simply that different cultures have different ethical codes, but that what makes an action right or wrong is DETERMINED by that culture is called. Meta-ethical cultural relativism. Agent relativism is the view that what makes an action right or wrong is whether the cultures person's.
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ethical relativism the claim that some moral rules really are correct, and that these determine which moral claims are true and which false they both deny the existence of objective moral truths
moral relativism -did not become prominent until twentieth century -can suggest three form: the empirical, the meta ethical, the normative -the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a person's individual choice
Metaethical Relativism. Metaethical claim that there are no objective or nonrelative values that could mediate disputes about ethics. Objectivism. Metaethical idea that ethical propositions refer to objective facts. Individual Relativism. idea that ethical claims are relative to an individual's values and perspectives. Subjectivism.
