ch 2 quiz

to a cultural relativist, when someone says, "capital punishment is wrong," what is that person really saying?

"my culture says that capital punishment is wrong"

which of the following is true according to subjective relativism?

I cannot be mistaken about what is morally right for me

an emotivist would call a moral disagreement about abortion

a disagreement in attitude

which view says that moral judgments ascribe moral properties to actions or people and are statements that can be true or false?

cognitivism

according to emotivism, if someone says, "no one should eat meat," that person is

expressing his/her emotions

T/F: cultural relativism applies only when considering culture from countries other than one's own

false

T/F: cultural relativist can consistently claim that tolerance of other cultures is morally right everywhere

false

T/F: social reformers are always right in the view of culture relativist

false

cultural relativists would say that if an action is morally right in one culture

it can be morally wrong in another culture

even if the basic argument for cultural relativism fails, it is an appealing doctrine to many people because

it seems to promise tolerance toward other cultures

if you believe that some moral principles are valid for everyone, regardless of culture or moral outlook, you subscribe to

objectivism

which view says that an action may be morally right for a person even if no one, even the person himself, approves of it?

objectivism

which view holds that there is no objective morality and that cultural norms do not make something right or wrong but rather that individuals do?

subjective relativism

T/F: a cultural relativist will agree with this statement: "it is morally permissible to smoke marijuana in Amsterdam if the culture of Amsterdam approves of it"

true

T/F: emotivists believe that moral judgements are about feelings rather than the truth or falsity of moral statements

true

T/F: nothing is truly good or bad, according to emotivists

true

T/F: the statement,"shoplifting is wrong" attempts to influence others' attitudes about shoplifting, according to emotivists

true

T/F: this statement is morally sounds for subjective relativist: "if I think that inflicting pain on an innocent child for no reason is right (that is, I approve of such an action), then the action is right

true

if I say violence is never morally permissible, and you say that violence is sometimes morally permissible, then which statement is true according to subjective relativism?

we are not having a moral disagreement

if you and I belong to the same culture, and I say capital punishment is always wrong, whereas you say capital punishment is sometimes right, which statement is true according to cultural relativism?

we can resolve our disagreement through an opinion poll