The belief in objective values (what Ima Relativist calls "the myth of objectivity") holds that
The belief in objective values (what Ima Relativist calls "the myth of objectivity") holds that
For example, Dr Martin Luther King claimed that racism was objectively wrong. He thought that racism would be wrong even if no society recognized this. He appealed to a higher truth about right and wrong, one that wasn't dependent on human thinking or feeling. Any culture that approved of racism would be mistaken.
Ima rejected this. She thought that the norms of another culture may be different from ours, but they can't be "incorrect" or "mistaken." Morality is a cultural construct -- and there are no objective truths about what is right or wrong.
The belief in objective values (what Ima Relativist calls "the myth of objectivity") holds that
Those who believe in objective values could disagree with the norms of their own society.
The belief in objective values (what Ima Relativist calls "the myth of objectivity") holds that
Those who believe in objective values could admit some disagreement over basic moral norms. But they'd say that the conflicting norms can't be equally correct.