Philosophy 101 ethical Relativism vocab

Realism

the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

Anti-realism

the belief that reality is subjectively constructed by human thought

social construction

An entity that exists because people behave as if it exists, pseudo- object/fact

Ethical/moral relativism

a perspective that suggests that all ethical standards are relative

cultural relativism

not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms

Ethical Subjectivism

the view that the ultimate moral authority is the individual or the "subject"

Ethical Objectivism/ moral realist

The view that there is at least one objective moral standard

Epistemology

theory of knowledge, belief and justification

epistemological/ epistemic

there is more than just right or wrong to how people behave

revelation

a divine agent (god) with access to the truth communicated the truth to us

Ethical Intuition

you "just know" what is right and what is wrong without any purposeful reasoning or thought (radical)

empirical

based on observation or experiment

Empriricism

The only way to justify your beliefs is through sensory evidence ( smell, taste, touch , sight)

Rationalism

Some knowledge does not come from sense experience but through the light of reason( you know it is true no test required)

self referentially incoherent

when you apply the principle of relativism to relativism itself, you see the principle contradicts itself

autonomy

(n.) self-government, political control

Relativism

the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.