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Chapter 3. Ethical Relativism
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- Ethics
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- Trine University
Chapter 3. Ethical Relativism
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TRUE/FALSE1 : Strong ethical relativism holds that there is no objective good or bad, right or wrong.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
2 : Social or cultural relativism holds that what is right is whatever ones society or culture holds
to be right.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
3 : According to individual ethical relativism, I cannot be objectively mistaken in my moral
judgments.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
4 : According to the text, moral skeptics hold that it is difficult or impossible to know what is good
or bad, right or wrong.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
5 : Weak forms of ethical relativism hold that there are objective moral principles, even though
they will need to be applied differently in different contexts.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
6 : If people disagree about some moral matter, their disagreement will always be due to their
having different moral values.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
7 : The belief that what is right in some circumstances is not necessarily right in others cannot
be held by ethical objectivists.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
8 : Richard Rorry argues that there is no algorithm to determine precise answers about which
beliefs are better than others.
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