Westermarck writes, "…a theory which leads to an examination of the psychological and historical origin of people's moral opinions should be more useful than a theory which postulates moral truths enunciated by self-evident intuitions that are unchangeable". Agree or disagree and give your reasons.

Answer:

I totally agree with Westermarck's thoughts.It isalways  a better decision to accept and trust a theory based on studies nad evidence opposed to proving a theory accurate based with the opinion with no evidence. A theory that has not been examined or proven by facts or evidence is incomplete so there is no assurance for its existence . All we can do is to examine psychological and historical origins assists with an understanding of the biological and individual’s emotions and other states of mind.If someone  attempts to prove a theory by their personal opinion or idea then there is no possibility to prove the theory to be true or not. It could be  wrong because the individual has no definitive facts. We have different view points about various points in life and so we cannot just center our decisions on any one things that has not been accepted worldwide.