Your Opinions on Moral/Cultural Relativity

[JAG]

Moral relativism whether it be between person to person, society to society or culture to culture is clearly there and most definitely evident. What one person perceives as 'right' is different to anothers, what one society perceives as 'right' is different to others and the same for cultures.

We all need to simply choose what we believe is right and wrong and act upon that choice, everyone else does the same thing. Society can influence your decision making, but that does not get away from the fact that at the end we are simply free to choose and we cannot get away from that fact, which means there will always be moral relativism.

And I think that is right and dandy.

[Byzantine Prince]

Well done JAG. I especially like this part:
we are simply free to choose and we cannot get away from that fact
because it's the foundamental truth. Anyone can commit any crime at any time, and there's no amount guilt to keep him/her from doing so.

We all have to have personal responsibility for our own percieved notions.


Oh and compassion IS universal so we still got that.

[ICantSpellDawg]

we are simply free to choose and we cannot get away from that fact

this is not a new idea - free choice is an archaic concept that is in the old testament and new one (and is much older than that) - it is the concept that has always fuelled the fight about pre-destination in the christian church and many others.

no one, here anyway, is denying that this is most likely true