TEST: MORAL STANDARDS/DILEMMAS & CULTURE

false

Society and culture are the bases of the truth of moral principles in ethical relativism.

moral standards

They are those that are always fair and just because they are always carried out impartially on matters about morality.

false

Subjective cultural relativism prescribes that the individual is above the societal principles that tells her how to live her life.

true

Cultural relativism expresses that no one culture is superior to another in terms of ethics, politics, laws, etc.

false

Moral dilemmas oblige an agent to choose options, neither of which is acceptable.

values

It is in them where the true meaning of culture can be fully understood.

absolute cultural relativism

It is a view that expresses that a non-member of a society has no right to question one’s cultural practices.

false

Absolute cultural relativism and critical ethical relativism are categories from which one can understand different cultural practices not similar to his own.

norms

They refer to those that individuals or groups have about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right or wrong.

critical cultural relativism

It is a view that can ask who the people are accepting a cultural practice and why they are doing so.

true

Ethical relativism argues that an absolute ethical standard is not applicable to every culture.

true

The study on moral standards enables one not to pass on judgment immediately over the actions of others.

cultural reductionism

It is that which results when one culture imposes its cultural standards on others that may result to violence.

culture

It refers to that which is regarded as customary and normal in a given society.

false

A dilemma is a situation where the agent sacrifices some of her moral principles in favor of greater ones in doing actions.

cultural values

They refer to those that people place on actions or practices they believe to be morally good or bad.

values

The following represent where one can visibly observe the culture of others, except:

non-moral standards

They are those wherein no matter how they are violated, still they are not seriously detrimental to one’s well-being.

false

Subjective ethical relativism expresses that the individual waits for the dictates of a particular culture in matters of good and evil.

true

The standards of etiquette do not touch about norms and values of the society.