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| Besides cultural relativism there is the problem of
subjectivism in morality that holds that all ethics are relative to
individual subjective determination. For a brief overview of the issue
that surround the concept of subjectivity, go to Ethics
02 - Subjectivism |
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| Answer the questions below. |
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| Q: | Are you a relativist in this sense or are you rather an absolutist in ethical matters? Why? |
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Identify any current issues that are framed by the relativist/absolutist
dichotomy? (For example. take the issue of abortion. If you can't
think of any others right away, use your favorite WWW search engine
to take you to sites where these issues are discussed.) |
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| Write an essay about cultural relativism and the position you take with respect to it. Use appropriate elements of the VCR approach to ethics in your essay. |
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