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- | ====== PBA221H: | + | ====== PBA221H: |
- | Recommended Co-requisite: [[PBS221H]] | + | |
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+ | Powerpoint: [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== What is (moral) relativism? ===== | ||
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+ | Relativism: | ||
+ | > “…truth itself is relative to the standpoint of the judging subject…”((Simon Blackburn, Dictionary of Philosophy, 313.)) | ||
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+ | Thus, **moral relativism** holds that the truth of a statement of morality i.e., it is wrong to murder an innocent person, is relative to the person. | ||
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+ | -- Beckwith and Koukl(( // | ||
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+ | ===== Example statements ===== | ||
+ | ==== “You ought not judge other people’s values” ==== | ||
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+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | ==== “Morals are just what you are brought up with from your parents and society” ==== | ||
+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | Ex. “You only believe that because…x, | ||
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+ | The point? | ||
+ | Truth has nothing to do with how we came to hold it. | ||
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+ | Conversational: | ||
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+ | ==== “What is right or wrong for me might not be right or wrong for you” ==== | ||
+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | ==== “We have to be tolerant, and that means respecting other opinions in morality” ==== | ||
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+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | <note important> | ||
+ | //People// who deserve respect/ | ||
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+ | Vs. | ||
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+ | Student: there' | ||
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+ | Maria: if there' | ||
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+ | Student: **visibly confused** | ||
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+ | ==== “Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one.” ==== | ||
+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | ==== “Who are you to impose your beliefs about right and wrong on me? Don’t force your opinion on me!” ==== | ||
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+ | False. | ||
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+ | We previously said, | ||
+ | “If your friend went to the bar, got drunk and then wanted to drive would you tell him not to do that? | ||
+ | Someone could say “Well, I am not sure what I would do in that situation…” | ||
+ | A ‘would’ statement involves the person in a hypothetical situation. BUT we are not asking ‘would you’ but ‘should you.’ | ||
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+ | So, if you get this response: | ||
+ | “If your friend went to the bar, got drunk and then wanted to drive, should you tell him not to do that, despite what you would do?” | ||
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+ | ==== “That is just your opinion, all opinions are equal.” ==== | ||
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+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | Conversational: | ||
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+ | ==== “Society/ | ||
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+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
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+ | Student: no, human rights are just a social construct. | ||
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+ | Maria: | ||
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+ | Student: Yes! | ||
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+ | Maria: why is sexual assault wrong? | ||
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+ | Student: ... well... I guess because... It violently assaults someone' | ||
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+ | Maria: I completely agree. So if it's wrong to violently assault the body of another human being, what about **this** violent assault? [//Points down at sign.//] | ||
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+ | Student: Well, that's different, they' | ||
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+ | ==== “Morals are just products of our evolutionary history. It explains why we find things to be right and wrong” ==== | ||
+ | False. | ||
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+ | Philosophical: | ||
+ | (Also, confuses description / "this is how humans have acted" with prescription "this is how humans should act", confuses an ' | ||
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+ | Conversational: | ||
- | Dialogue Substream | ||
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- | * Responses to common questions: http:// | ||
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