Ethics Ch. 5

A "near absolute" means almost moral but not quite.

False

According to the author of the text, moral propositions are analytic propositions.

False

According to the author of the text, truth is relativistic.

False

All anthropologists are cultural absolutists.

False

Who stated the "naturalistic fallacy" in ethics?

G.E. Moore

Who says that there are moral "near or almost absolutes" that form the basic principles of moral life?

Kant

Who claims that some empirical propositions are absolutely true or false?

Norman Malcolm

A problem with absolutes is what to do when they conflict.

True

Because a view in one culture is different from another does not mean that neither view is right or wrong.

True

Emotivism is the view that moral statements have only noncognitive meaning.

True

One problem with relativism, according to the author of the text, is that it does not enable us to be critical.

True

Relativism is the belief that morality is relative to time, place, situation, people, culture, etc.

True

There is only one typer of moral proposition.

True

An example of a moral proposition is

You should not treat people badly

Similar moral principles exist in all societies is a view supported by

absolutists

Exceptions to absolutes must

be fully justified

The theory of emotivism states that

moral propositions only express feelings

The greatest problem in the absolutism/relativism debate is how to introduce

stability & creativity

The problem of "getting an ought from an is" means

what people should do has no necessary connection to what they actually do.

Relativists hold that morals are relative to

Culture, individuals, & situations