Phil 201 Questions Correctly Answered 2024(already passed).

Phil 201 Questions Correctly Answered 2024(already passed). Ethical Relativism essay by Pojman - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER theory that there are no universally valid moral principles, that all moral principles are valid relative to culture or to the individual; two types: Conventionalism - CORRECT ANSWER moral principles are justified by virtue of their cultural acceptance; problem: what counts as a culture? Subjectivism - CORRECT ANSWER all moral principles are justified simply in virtue of their acceptance by an individual; problem: Hitler is just as moral as Ghandi Tolerance and Moral relativism - CORRECT ANSWER if there are no universally valid moral principles, we are expected to be tolerant of everyone. these statements contradict each other because then tolerance is a universal moral principle. thesis of Ethical Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER Pojman argues that ethical relativism is a mistaken theory and that cultural differences do not demonstrate that all ways of life are equally valid from a moral perspective Objectivism - CORRECT ANSWER universal principles are accepted but not absolute; there are moral truths, principles belonging to the core morality, without which society will not long survive and individuals will not flourish, discovered by reason main problems with ethical relativism (according to Pojman) - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical relativism goes wrong when it attempts to go from (1) the observation that different cultures have different rules to (2) the conclusion that no culture's set of rules are better than any other cultures set of rules (or even any ideal set of rules) Psychological Egoism - CORRECT ANSWER