RayQuan Nielly
Dr. Sarah Malanowski
PHI 2010
16 November 2019
Rough Draft 2
There are no moral truths but there is morality that is relative to individuals and/or
cultures. According to Rachels, she claims “that if
...
RayQuan Nielly
Dr. Sarah Malanowski
PHI 2010
16 November 2019
Rough Draft 2
There are no moral truths but there is morality that is relative to individuals and/or
cultures. According to Rachels, she claims “that if there were an objective moral truth, then
everyone would know it.” Knowing what Rachels said there is no doubt in my mind that there
are no true moral truths. Certain people live their lives by claiming that they are an ethical
subjectivist and that is a prime example of how people choose to believe in a morality that is
relative to to themselves or their cultures. People are raised different in places all around the
world and with those different forms of raising comes the different forms of morals. One of the
issues that come up with subjectivism is that what one person or group of persons find right,
another might find that wrong and believe that their own moral beliefs are correct. Thanks to the
Greek historian Herodotus he brought this fact to the light by saying “For if anyone, no matter
who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations of the world the set of
beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitably, after careful consideration of their relative
merits, choose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his own native
customs… to be the best.” To sum that up Herodotus is basically saying that it is known that
when a person is given the responsibility to choose one nations beliefs that person will nine times
out of ten choose their own nation. Which ties into my next topic that cultural norms determine
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