Week 1 Assignment: Cultural Relativism and Moral Action

• What was the situation? What did the dilemma involve?
• What would a subjective moral relativist say is the right approach to the dilemma? Why would that kind of relativist say that?
• What would a cultural relativist say is the right approach to the dilemma? Why would that kind of relativist say that? Is that approach correct?
• What did you the person confronting the dilemma decide to do? What moral justification did they give? Is that approach morally correct?
• Was there an objective moral truth (the objectively right thing to do) in this situation? Why or why not?

Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page)

• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)