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Is Ethical Relativism self-defeating and morally corrupting? ... Depending on your outlook, ethics and moral values can determine whether they are right or wrong, self-defeating or morally corrupt. ... The same can be said for ethical relativism. In this essay, I will look at ethical relativism and the alternatives of absolutism and ethical pluralism. ...
Ethical Relativism according to Hinman “is the belief that moral values are relative to a particular culture and cannot be judged outside that culture” (2003, p. ... A problem with this is that it is difficult to sit back and not judge other cultures when in our eyes they are morally wrong. Ethical relativism also suggests that we let each culture live as it sees fit. ...
Hinman himself argues against ethical relativism, as a doctrine of action, understanding, judgement, explanation and justification. ... However, this behaviour may seem morally wrong. ...
The alternative to ethical relativism is Absolutism. ... Both of these are the opposite to those of the ethical relativist. ... However, there is a middle ground, which combines the insights of ethical relativism and absolutism.
Approximate Word count = 855
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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