Transcript Moral Relativism

Moral Relativism:
A Rich man’s excuse
By Nick Grear
What is Moral
Relativism?
• Morel Relativism is the belief that our morals
are not universal and objective.
• A Morel Relativist believes that they are
subjective and are depend on personal
conditions.
This has been a much debated
topic over Human history. Many
have trued to discover the truth
Bernard Williams (1929 –
2003)
• Mr. Williams came to the
conclusion, after much
deliberation, that concepts
such as “Good” “Bad” and
“Right” “Wrong” do not
strain from universal
concepts. They depend on
each culture and individual
Rudolph Carnap (1891 –
1970) and A. J. Ayer (1910
– 1989)
• These Positivists believe that a proposition
must be logically justify to be valid.
• As a morel proposition can not be justified
logically, they are meaningless
Karl Marx (1818 – 1883)
• Marx believe that it was obvious that
morels are subjective. He believed
that the morel code of a culture, is
determined by the means in which
the culture came to this point and
what the socioeconomic ruling class
believe. Therefore there is no
universal morality.
Friedrich Nietzsche
• Nietzsche believed that morality was an error
in essence. He believe that they are barriers
that prevent ones true self. He believed that
the only way to be true would be to do away
with morality and live on ones instinct and
natural needs. Thus he believed in an
subjective morality.
Many cultures and individuals
have disagreed with subjective
morality over the years more so
than those agreeing
Holocaust
• Many Morel Objectivist use
historical events such as the
Holocaust as a way of destroying
relativism.
• A majority of humanity disagree
with the act however from a Morel
Relativist point of view this is just
these peoples believe and thus
has there own justification.
God
• The concept of a God or gods is one of the
most vicious critics of Moral Relativism as the
whole structure of the religion is based
around a ‘holy’ set of moral code. How can a
God justify a heaven, hell a right or wrong
when all may have there own beliefs and it
doesn’t matter. Where is the appeal in that
kind of religion?
Evidence for Moral
Relativism truth
• You and I
• We all have different morals. Although we
may all have the same base structure, this is
in many cases just a compromise for the
continued existence of society.
• Morel Relativism is much more logical and
sagacious than a universal morality
Morality is one of the most
debated topic of humanity
however one can only make up
there own opinion
(Is this not moral relativism?!)