Difference Between Absolute And Absolute
Explain the differences between absolute and relative morality (25 Marks)
There are numerous differences between absolute and relative morality which people use to base their everyday life choices, deciding whether an action is moral or immoral.
Absolute morality is the view that actions are deontological, paying no attention to circumstances of when an action was performed, being a fixed decision, with no possibility of alteration. People who believe in this, consider consequences equal for all people believing in objective views, basically in proven facts. For example, stealing is seen as a wrong action no matter what, it is included in the law, a basic moral rule, also in The 10 Commandments. This view is shared by several people who include Plato, Aquinas …show more content…
Instead absolutism neglects different circumstances along with cultural attitudes, cannot have a clear idea of its morals as no one can state them or knows them, also it is not concerned with the motive or outcome of any actions. However, it does provide a universal vision to measure everything against, creating fairness as everyone would get the same punishment or reward, providing us with a UN Declaration of Human Rights, also in certain circumstances people instinctively have an absolutist attitude; for example cruelty to babies is wrong. On the other hand relativist judgments are always subjective, decreasing the fairness as people might have different losses or benefits because of their actions, people will also disagree on each other’s judgments. This view also stops social development; an example of this would be genocide which should be considered wrong but from a relativist vision it would be analysed depending on circumstances and goals, the holocaust would be an example of this. It is also more complicated to apply than absolutism as there would not be a fixed
There are numerous differences between absolute and relative morality which people use to base their everyday life choices, deciding whether an action is moral or immoral.
Absolute morality is the view that actions are deontological, paying no attention to circumstances of when an action was performed, being a fixed decision, with no possibility of alteration. People who believe in this, consider consequences equal for all people believing in objective views, basically in proven facts. For example, stealing is seen as a wrong action no matter what, it is included in the law, a basic moral rule, also in The 10 Commandments. This view is shared by several people who include Plato, Aquinas …show more content…
Instead absolutism neglects different circumstances along with cultural attitudes, cannot have a clear idea of its morals as no one can state them or knows them, also it is not concerned with the motive or outcome of any actions. However, it does provide a universal vision to measure everything against, creating fairness as everyone would get the same punishment or reward, providing us with a UN Declaration of Human Rights, also in certain circumstances people instinctively have an absolutist attitude; for example cruelty to babies is wrong. On the other hand relativist judgments are always subjective, decreasing the fairness as people might have different losses or benefits because of their actions, people will also disagree on each other’s judgments. This view also stops social development; an example of this would be genocide which should be considered wrong but from a relativist vision it would be analysed depending on circumstances and goals, the holocaust would be an example of this. It is also more complicated to apply than absolutism as there would not be a fixed