Dr Martin Luther King claimed that racism was objectively wrong. He thought that racism would be wrong even if no society recognized that it was wrong. In saying this, King disagreed with the norms of his society. He appealed to a higher truth about right and wrong, one that wasn't dependent on human thinking or feeling.
Would Ima Relativist have agreed with King on this?
Dr Martin Luther King claimed that racism was objectively wrong. He thought that racism would be wrong even if no society recognized that it was wrong. In saying this, King disagreed with the norms of his society. He appealed to a higher truth about right and wrong, one that wasn't dependent on human thinking or feeling.
Would Ima Relativist have agreed with King on this?
Ima rejected objective values. She thought that "right" and "wrong" refer to what is socially approved or disapproved in a given culture. So if racism was approved in King's culture, then it was thereby right.
Dr Martin Luther King claimed that racism was objectively wrong. He thought that racism would be wrong even if no society recognized that it was wrong. In saying this, King disagreed with the norms of his society. He appealed to a higher truth about right and wrong, one that wasn't dependent on human thinking or feeling.
Would Ima Relativist have agreed with King on this?
Ima rejected objective values. She thought that "right" and "wrong" refer to what is socially approved or disapproved in a given culture. So if racism was approved in King's culture, then it was thereby right.