Ima Utilitarian holds that morality depends on the situation. So she admits that she's a cultural relativist.
Ima Utilitarian holds that morality depends on the situation. So she admits that she's a cultural relativist.
She rejects cultural relativism.
Unlike cultural relativists, Ima sees our duty as depending, not on what our culture tells us, but on what has the better consequences. So smoking is wrong if it causes great misery and pain -- regardless of whether society approves of it.
Ima Utilitarian holds that morality depends on the situation. So she admits that she's a cultural relativist.
She rejects cultural relativism.
Unlike cultural relativists, Ima sees our duty as depending, not on what our culture tells us, but on what has the better consequences. So smoking is wrong if it causes great misery and pain -- regardless of whether society approves of it.