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Ethics: Escape from Nihilism about Ethics?
Here we have a description of subjectivism and cultural relativity, two distinct but closely related theories of ethics. The point of these theories is “invention”; the claim is (by both) we make it up for ourselves or our “culture” does it for us (about 70% of the population accepts it so it must be ethical).
Quick question: Given the Nihilist argument against ethics as mental manipulation (state and apply the nihilist definition), what would they say about these two theories? One paragraph, please.
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Dr. Lee Basham
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