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Moral relativism and social capital
- 1. Do right and wrong exist? Or are they just preferences, like preferring chocolate ice cream?
- 2. What is right or wrong is up to each individual person to decide
- 9. The “law of noncontradiction” is the most fundamental law of rationality
- 11. “What is right or wrong is up to each individual person to decide” is an ethical position called “moral relativism”
- 17. There is a universal moral law written in the human heart
- 22. Many major moral philosophers have believed some version of Natural Law Morality
- 23. One reason they reject moral relativism is that it leads to conclusions
- 37. And if moral relativism is notstrongly Supported by Reason (Moral Philosophy)
- 40. Why do so many young people repeat slogans from moral relativism as though they are obvious truths?
- 41. This is a Historical Question (rather than a moral or a philosophical one)
- 45. After the sixties, New Left intellectuals went on to influential positions in universities & the media
- 47. Karl Marx believed there were no universal moral codes Ethics were relative to the economic situations of each individual society
- 49. One of the most influential works of sociology in recent years is Bowling Alone By Robert Putnam
- 50. His thesis is that America has undergone a dramatic loss of “social capital”
- 52. The title, “Bowling Alone” Comes from his data: Since the 1960s, league bowling has undergone a dramatic decline.
- 55. What was more significant: many measures of community began to decline in the 1960s
- 56. Voluntary Club Meeting Attendance His thesis is that America has undergone a dramatic loss of “social capital”
- 58. Trust: Can Most People Be Trusted? His thesis is that America has undergone a dramatic loss of “social capital”
- 60. Greed Among College Freshmen, 1966-1978 Other measure of the well being of society Have gone up
- 61. Crime: Hiring of police and guards Other measure of the well being of society Have gone up