Exam 2: Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism

Objectivists argue that the diversity of moral judgments across cultures does not necessarily indicate that there is disagreement about moral beliefs, but instead may indicate that

Objectivism is the view that

Subjective relativism implies that when a person states their moral beliefs, that person is

Both objectivists and cultural relativists agree that

Which statement best summarizes why, according to the author, cultural relativism is nearly impossible to use?

Maryam says, "Abortion is always wrong," while Fatima says, "Sometimes abortion is not wrong." Which statement best summarizes how emotivists view this kind of disagreement?

Suppose your culture endorses the view that all wars are wrong. It follows from cultural relativism that your culture

Our commonsense moral experiences suggest that

What does cultural relativism imply about the civil rights leader and social reformer Martin Luther King Jr., considered as part of 1950s-1960s United States culture?

Central to emotivism is the view that moral judgments are not statements that can be true or false. What does emotivism add to this view?

Cognitivism is the view that moral statements

Emotivists can admit that the serial killer Ted Bundy killed more than 30 women, but they cannot say that these events

For a cultural relativist, when two people in the same culture disagree on a moral issue, what they are really disagreeing about is

For the emotivist, which of these best displays the meaning of the moral utterance "Lying is wrong"?

Cultural relativism implies that the abolition of slavery in the United States

According to the main argument for cultural relativism, if culture X and culture Y disagree about the morality of physician-assisted suicide, this shows that

According to emotivism, to offer reasons for a moral judgment is to

Cultural relativists may believe their theory promotes tolerance of other cultures. However, the author argues against this. Which statement best summarizes his argument?

Subjective relativism implies that when Sofia says, "I think abortion is wrong," and Emma replies, "I think abortion is permissible," Sofia and Emma are

Which statement is a consequence of objectivism?