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Modern Ethical Theories

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Main premise of the cultural differences arguement for moral relativism   Different societies have opposing moral standards  
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Shared cultural practice by all societies   Caring for the young  
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Not-shared cultural practice by all societies   Not eating beef  
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Shared cultural practice by all societies   Not commiting murder  
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Shared cultural practice by all societies   Telling the truth  
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Not-shared cultural practice by all societies   Not commiting infanticide  
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Reflects theory of Cultural Relativism   discourages intolerance of differing moral codes  
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Reflects theory of Cultural Relativism   questions unreasoned assumptions about right and wrong  
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Reflects theory of Cultural Relativism   encourages people to separate personal feelings from moral judgements  
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The essential revision to Simple Subjectivism offered by Emotivism   Moral language is used to influence people's behavior  
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Psychological Egoist's interpretation of human motivation   actions that appear to be altruistic are motivated by self-interest  
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Psychological Egoist's interpretation of human motivation   actions are expressions of what makes one feel good  
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Psychological Egoism suggests motivates all human action   people will do what they most want to do  
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Psychological Egoism suggests motivates all human action   People will do the things necessary in order to feel good  
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Claim against Ethical Egoism   unjustifyably claims that ones individual's interest are more important than the interests of other people  
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Claim against Ethical Egoism   incorrectly assumes that all moral judgements are the products of logic  
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Claim against Ethical Egoism   Cannot help people resolve conflics among their interests  
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