question archive 1)Ethical relativism and subjectivism are basically the same because both of them insist that what is right is determined by individual's opinions
1)Ethical relativism and subjectivism are basically the same because both of them insist that what is right is determined by individual's opinions
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1)Ethical relativism and subjectivism are basically the same because both of them insist that what is right is determined by individual's opinions.
2)The term "moral" can mean morally right or something related to morality.
3)James Rachels, the author of The Elements of Moral Philosophy, disagrees with cultural relativism's claims that different societies have different moral codes.
4)Some philosophers believe that "Is" is different from "Ought": from descriptive, non-moral statements about the world—statement simply stating what is or is not the case, we cannot deduce moral judgments about what ought or ought not to be the case.
5)Stevenson, philosopher mentioned by Rachels in his book, argues for the emotivism. Therefore, Stevenson must support simple subjectivism also.
6)The Reverend Jerry Falwell (he considers homosexuality as immoral) claimed that the Teletubbie doll Tinky Winky symbolized homosexuality. According to Simple Subjectivism, what he was saying is that he, Jerry Falwell, disapproved of showing homosexual characters in children's shows.
7. An ethical egoist must be a psychological egoist also.
8. To ethical egoism, actions that help others can only be justified on the ground that it is to one's own advantage.
9. According to utilitarianism, people who are terminally ill have no use to the society anymore. Therefore, physician assisted suicide is morally right.
10. To criticize the natural law theory, people might argue that some behavior that is in accordance with an organism's inherent nature is not morally good, and some behavior not in accordance with its inherent nature is not morally bad.
