A PHILOSOPICAL REVIEW ON ETHICAL RELATIVISM

Résumé

This research work addresses the problem created by moral relativism, by trying to deny the existence of objective moral truth. For the moral relativist, the idea of comparison of moral value among people, communities and epoch should not even come into play, since every individual, community and culture has the right to adopt any moral value that is suitable to them. For relativist, the idea of morality flows from our ancestors who selected those actions that make them happy as good and those that cause pain as bad, hence, morality for the relativist becomes an emotional activity rather than a rational one. This work therefore tries as much as possible to ask some necessary questions on the viewpoints of moral relativist so as to bring out their lapses. Nevertheless, this work could be said to be a philosophical criticism of moral relativism.