Question

SUBJECTIVISM, RELATIVISM, AND EMOTIVISM MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. b Subjective relativism is the doctrine that a an action is morally right if one approves of it. an action is morally right if one's culture approves of it C actions are judged by objective standards. an action is morally right even if no one approves of it. d 2. Suppose I think that I sometimes make mistakes on moral matters, and so does my culture. Acknowledging this, I say, "My moral beliefs are sometimes wron and sometimes my culture's moral principles are wrong as well." On which view could my statement be true? a emotivism C objectivism b. cultural relativism d. subjective relativism 3. Objectivism is the view that moral principles are rigid rules that have no exceptions. b. there are no objective moral principles c. some moral principles are valid for everyone d. moral utterances are neither true to false. 4. Subjective relativism implies that when Sofia says, "I think abortion is wrong." and Emma replies. "I think abortion is permissible," Sofia and Emma are ahaving a moral disagreement c.not having a moral disagreement. h. really saying the same thing d. not entirely serious. 5. Subjective relativism implies that when a person states their moral beliefs, that person is a incapable of making moral judgments. b. incapable of being in error morally fallible. d. infallible on some moral judgments, but not others, 6. Both objectivists and cultural relativists agree that a the truth of moral judgments depends on whether one's culture approves of them. b. moral judgments differ from culture to culture. c. moral judgments do not differ from culture to culture. d. the truth of moral judgments does not depend on whether one's culture approves of them. 7. Which statement is a consequence of objectivism? a. Moral rules apply in all cases, without exceptions. b. If two people have a moral disagreement, only one of them can be right c. Everyone has the same beliefs about morality d. Whether an action is objectively right depends on its consequences. 8. Cultural relativists may believe their theory promotes tolerance of other cultures. However, the author argues against this. Which statement best summarizes his argument? a Cultural relativists really only value the practices of some cultures, not all cultures, b. Subjective relativists and emotivists can also promote tolerance c. Tolerance is not really a good thing, and so cultural relativists should not support in d. Cultural relativists cannot consistently say that tolerance is objectively good. 9. 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 a. right and wrong are not relative to cultures.

Answer 1

1) Option C is an absolutely correct answer.

2) Option B is the correct answer.

3) Option C is the correct answer.

4) Option A is the correct answer.