Moral Relativism

Relativism comes from the word “Relative” which means measured, judgment, clever or a meaning or assessment that can only be recognized and may change depending with circumstance or background. It can also be used in a way of showing that something is true to a particular degree when it is being compared with other things (Cambridge Advanced Dictionary)

There are different types of relativism and can be grouped or categorized into different stages namely: Moral, Cultural Just to mention but a few.

Moral relativism which is our basic point of discussion is defined by the English dictionary as the different perspective of seeing issues either the wrong way or admitting to it, or someone’s conscience or suggestion and not what rules or the law says should be done (Encarta Dictionary of North America).

Ralph Reed on the other hand defines relativist as “people who don't believe in truth or even in the concepts of right and wrong”. Moral relativism can also be defined as a situation or scenario whereby one sees things or issues in a different perspective. They are a group of people who do not believe or trust what they are told or what the law says.

Moral relativist always think that their thoughts are always right and are to be acceptable and are very intolerant of others, like if a moral relativist finds a child being corrected by the parent, they will condemn this action not considering that the parent is only trying to train the child morally or correcting the child on the right way and way of carrying out activities (Irvine 45). In as much as many people would like to be critical, many avoid it because if one is too critical, they seem to be left alone in the society, for no one is willing to be around one who does not find...

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...arent and the lecturers as well, with this I am supporting the motion that children are to be brought up morally until they are old enough to decide what is just and fair or differentiate from their moral etiquette, just as the Bible puts it that “we should guide the child in the direction and they will never leave”.(Bible)

I do not agree to the other scenario about Mr Smith wanting to cut down a rain forest in turn to see what it feels like to do so, because Mr Smith being an old man who is advanced in age he has gone through all the ups and downs in life and also conversant with his wrong from right, he is old enough to know what is just and fair. If everybody was to think like Mr. Smith, our environment will be affected thus making Planet Earth uninhabitable. Though such happenings occur in some areas, this has led to the reduction of Ozone layer (Lewis 11).