Answer as if you are talking to an 8 year old kid?

Question

Define Moral Relativism.

Answer 1

We all know that some things are right and other things are wrong. For example, helping people is right, and lying is wrong. But in some places, especially other countries, they have different ideas about what is right and wrong. For example, people in some countries might think that it's okay to lie. You would never get in trouble for lying if you lived in that country, because they don't believe that it's a bad thing to do. Also, in some countries they think that it's very wrong and disrespectful to look at adults directly in the eyes. But in our culture, that's not considered rude at all; it's how you show someone that you're listening to them. Moral relativism is the belief that what is right and what is wrong depends on where you live and what you were taught by your parents. What is wrong for us might not be wrong for people who live in another place, and what we think is good to do, they might think is bad. If you are a moral relativist, you think that nothing is really good or bad. Everybody has different beliefs about what is right and wrong.

Answer 2

Morals are beliefs that people have about how to act. For example, in our family, we don't think it is okay to say cuss words. Relativism means the importance of something when it is relating to something else. Moral Relativism is the idea that a persons beliefs about how to behave depends on where they are from and how people where they are from think. Basically we learn how to act from the way others around us act and people in different places may act in different ways.

Answer 3

(If I was his parent)See baby mommy can't explain everything to U because U won't understand me,which means U should grow a bit older,but moral is something that U should always have in mind...well Moral Relativism is a........well....eeeemmmmm.....can we talk about something else please....see mommy doesn't want U to get preocupated with terms of an adult life...(I will use this opportunity to wish U the best in this New Year and I believe this year will be even better and full of happiness,health,wealth and.......Moral Relativism.....hahahahaha-just kidding,,,Bye for now)

Answer 4

Moral relativism is a belief system that encourages people to act as though there is no universal standard for morals, but instead act as though man himself is the standard as a result of his natural-born goodness and the social standards he has established. For example, Christians and Jews believe that the Ten Commandments were given by God, and as such are the absolute rules. It is based on the assumption that all people are born with what is called "original sin", and that without a list of God-given rules to play by, the result would be chaos. Many philosophers believe that people are born good, without sin, and as a result they are free to make up their own rules and that their morals are high relative to (compared to) the morals and actions of others who think it's OK to do bad things. Moral relativism is very real, and is alive and well in the world as a means of behavior regulation. You can make a choice here as to whether moral relativism works or not. Here are a few topics you can research so that you can see for yourself whether Moral Relativism works or not.

1. Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler. He thought his morals were pretty high as he sought to cleanse the world of undesireables and take over vast territories for the glory of the motherland. He's one of the most famous, but there are many like him to this day.
2. The Jonestown massacre. Jim Jones thought he was on the moral high ground when he got his followers to kill themselves. The man though he was God.
3. David Koresh. Same thing. He elevated himself to god status, and the result was sexual deviance and death.
5. Ted Haggard. He was the leader of one of the biggest Christian megachurches in the country. He spoke out against homosexuality right up until the day that the behavior he actually chose, that of paying a male prostitute to have sex with him, was reported to the public. He though his behavior was OK as long as he was preaching about how it was immoral. He's unemployed now.
6. Iraq. Think what you want to about this one, but the fact is that a lot of our military actions in Iraq are based on government lies, and it is obvious that the government is not really concerned about being truthful about our purpose there as long as we win.
7. Vietnam. See above.

Next time you drive your car through a busy intersection, ask yourself if moral relativism would work if the lights, signs, arrows, and street markings put there were removed and people were allowed to make their own decisions based on some ambiguous social norm. Even WITH rules, the system fails.

Answer 5

Moral relativism is the idea that moral principles have no objective standard, so states its dictionary definition.

In its extreme, the view that there are no hard and fast rules on what is right and wrong, on which values are set and should be fought for.

It is in contrast to absolutism, that there is one truth.
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So basically, there is no right and wrong - there are only rights depending on the way you view the situation...

Answer 6

a individual who's schizophrenic has a psychological ailment that makes it perplexing for them to make experience of the worldwide interior the way human beings do. some schizophrenic human beings hear voices that are actually not authentic, yet do not continuously comprehend whether or not they're authentic. while a individual hears issues or sees issues that look authentic to them, yet no person else can hear or see them, it somewhat is mentioned as a "hallucination". (different than if it occurs once you're asleep -- it somewhat is a dream or a nightmare, and it somewhat is completely ordinary.) some variety of schizophrenic human beings do not inevitably have hallucinations, yet they suspect in kinds and motives that do not make experience to human beings. for occasion, they'd think of that their recommendations are being controlled via aliens, or they'd have faith that the television is speaking directly to them. For a schizophrenic individual, it may experience very frightening or frustrating while the worldwide would not make experience, or it somewhat is wise in a fashion that no-one else sees or consents with. it somewhat is in lots of cases annoying for schizophrenic human beings to do nicely in college or artwork, or to have faith human beings, or to have close friendships. lots of schizophrenic human beings shop to themselves and alter into lonely or depressed or dissatisfied.

Answer 7

Some people think stealing or lying is OK, but God says it is not. God is all powerful so who do you believe? Besides when you steal and lie, and get caught, your parents, the teacher or the police will punish you. That is to keep things in order from going out of control.

Answer 8

About the '8 yr old' bit, don't dumb it down just because you're talking to a child. You'd be surprised how much they can understand, and you'll be respected more if you show respect for them.

Answer 9

basically it means that only you can decide what is right or wrong because the ethical standards of what is right or wrong are culturally based and subject to an induviduals choice.

Answer 10

the belief that right and wrong (ethics) are random and everchanging and the individual is only responsible for it.