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How does ethical relativism serve as a context to which one decides their notion of right/wrong and

of the good life?


r/w + good life = tension between the two: push and pull, value one over the other.
Ethical relativism as context?
- Arguments
- Lack of universally valid moral principles
- Validity is based on context culture etc.,

1. Ethical Relativism presents a morally complex playing field where one must ascertain their
own moral position.

a. Truth is relative
b. r/w is relative
c. no moral stand = lack sense of accountability and morality
d. full moral stand = follow what’s the universal standard

2. Places the value of making the moral choice to the individual themselves.

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