1. Culteral Relativism
(Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.29) In essence, a societies culture determines what is morally right and wrong. ... (Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.33-34) Rachels reads Benedicts above argument and forms his own version of it: - "The cultural differences argument: 1) Different cultures have different moral codes; 2) therefore, there is no objective truth in morality. ... (Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.35) Consider this; Rachels identifies a gather/hunter Eskimo society in a remote part of the frozen artic (environment & living conditions) that practices infanticide ...
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