Ethics chapter 4 notes

What is ethical subjectivism?

a type of ethical relativism that claims that morality is relative to each individual person, says that people can never be mistaken about what is morally right or wrong because there are no universal standards, instead there are only opinions (says there are moral truths but they are based on each individual’s feelings)

What is individual relativism?

same as ethical subjectivism

What is an opinion?

a statement that is only based on feeling rather than fact

What is ethical subjectivism?

a theory that it is difficult to know whether moral truths exist or the nature of these moral truths

What is emotivism?

the moral theory that moral statements are neither true nor false but simply expressions of feeling (no moral truths, just feelings and opinions)

What is a sociopath?

a person who lacks a conscience or sense of moral repsonsibility

What is values clarification?

ethics education based on nonjudgmental and nondirective discussion of moral issues