Question

Cultural ethical relativism.

What are the fundamental claims of the theory? What values underlie the theory? Who are the primary theorists associated w/the theory? What principles are associated w/the theory?

Answer 1

Cultural ethical relativism is a theory that explains the different cultures and their moral practices.

The theory mainly claims regarding the cultures differentialities and the act of killing or suicide is thinking as a custom.For eg;abortion of a female feotus.The act of suicide is taking as light matter in some cultures mainly in tribes if they are suffer with any slight reasons.The difference in culture and moral practices is an important question in relating to the ethics for eg: euthanasia that is the act of killing,sexism,torture.The concept of these moral practices and culture raises some issues relating to ethics is called as "ethical relativism".

These activities are occurs in different cultures that are thinking these practices as right or wrong according to their society norms they belongs to.

The main values underlie this theory are, the theory is giving more values to the cultural norms and their moral practices is based on their beliefs according to their traditions which they belongs.They thinks that their moral practices whichever they are following in their culture are beleiving and stating it as true.

The primary theorists associated with the theory are Manuel Velasquez,claire Andre,Thomas Shanks,S.J., and Michael J. Meyer

*The main principles associated with the theory is that different peoples have different beliefs about morality

*There are no objective facts about morality