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
