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According to W.D.Ross,the fact that there are several prima facie duties means

A) That ethical absolutism is the correct approach.
B) There is a hierarchical structure to the universal value system.
C) That we are obligated to fulfill all of them.
D) That there will be conflicts of values.

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Is the relativist necessarily more tolerant than the objectivist?

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Moral pluralists hold that there are many different ultimate values but also argue whether some rank higher than others.

According to the text,moral skeptics hold that it is difficult or impossible to know what is good or bad,right or wrong.

Shared moral agreements can result in different conclusions when people have different factual agreements.

According to the text,the essence of both descriptive and ethical relativism is the belief that people do differ fundamentally about what is right and wrong.

Weak forms of ethical relativism hold that there are objective moral principles,even though they will need to be applied differently in different contexts.

According to Martha Nussbaum,the central capacities

Social or cultural relativism holds that what is right is whatever one's society or culture holds is right.

Richard Rorry argues that there is no algorithm to determine precise answers about which beliefs are better than others.

If people disagree about some moral matter,their disagreement will always be due to their having different moral values.

According to individual ethical relativism,I cannot be objectively mistaken in my moral judgments.

The belief that what is right in some circumstances is not necessarily right in others cannot be held by ethical objectivists.

Absolutism is described as the view that

How would an objectivist respond to the subjectivist/ relativist argument that there is no objective right and wrong because people never agree about what is right and wrong.

How could one be an objectivist or nonrelativist and yet hold that what is right in some circumstances is wrong or bad in others?

Strong ethical relativism holds that there is no objective good or bad,right or wrong.

Which is not a reason for supporting ethical relativism

Strong ethical relativism holds that