Ima Relativist's defense of cultural relativism assumes that the "the objective view" is the only other approach to ethics.
Ima Relativist's defense of cultural relativism assumes that the "the objective view" is the only other approach to ethics.
She assumes this, but wrongly. In fact, there are other options. For example, subjectivism says that moral judgments are about our personal feelings, which may conflict with social norms. So Ima can't argue "The objective view is false, so CR must be true" -- since maybe subjectivism is true instead.
Ima Relativist's defense of cultural relativism assumes that the "the objective view" is the only other approach to ethics.
She assumes this, but wrongly. In fact, there are other options. For example, subjectivism says that moral judgments are about our personal feelings, which may conflict with social norms. So Ima can't argue "The objective view is false, so CR must be true" -- since maybe subjectivism is true instead.