- Read this thread:
http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=36455
Quote:
“Therefore in this case, the relativist must say female circumcision is right and wrong at the same the same time. Mrs. Diarra did something that was right and wrong. But that statement makes no sense. It is like saying someone is, and is not, pregnant, or the entire line is straight and also curved.”
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- Incorrect. It is similar to saying that someone who is traveling near the speed of light experiences the passage of time at a slower rate relative to someone who is not in motion.
- The key idea behind relativism is perspective. Each person must necessarily believe in their own morals, and act accordingly. However, the relativist recognizes that others may have different morals, and that they are acceptable people other than themselves. The absolutist states that there exist
no other correct morals, and that there is one universal set of ethical guidelines that all must follow.
- A moral absolute does not exist because there does not exist any being who can determine this absolute. Even if many, many people are agreed upon one set of morals, they lack the moral authority (or superiority) to claim that their morals are somehow more correct than anyone else's.
- As stated before, one can only act upon one's own morals. Conflicts arise when the morals of different people are in disagreement, or when one person's 'morals' are inconsistent.