Key Terms – Absolutism/Relativism By the end of this lesson you will: • Know the difference between ABSOLUTE and RELATIVE morality. •Understand the difference between OBJECTIVE and SUBJECTIVE arguments. * Have analysed the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES of absolute and relative morality.
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Key Terms – Absolutism/Relativism
By the end of this lesson you will:
• Know the difference between ABSOLUTE and
RELATIVE morality.
•Understand the difference between OBJECTIVE and SUBJECTIVE arguments.
* Have analysed the STRENGTHS and
WEAKNESSES of absolute and relative morality.
Card Sort
• In pairs answer the question:• Is it moral to?....
Absolute Morality
• Some things are right and some things are wrong, and these things are fixed for ALL time and ALL people.
• Natural Law
Rich Pictures
• On your whiteboard try and draw absolutism. This is difficult as it is an abstract concept.
Objective
• Not influenced by opinions or feelings.
• It’s impartial.• Based on external facts or logic.
Strengths & Weaknesses
• ..\Resources\Lesson 2 - Absolute morality strengths and weaknesses.flipchart
Relative Morality
• In pairs, read the extracts about relative morality.
• Using the information, select key words and concepts from the text to create a mind-map to show what ‘relative morality’ is.
• Then … write a definition for it in no more than two sentences.
• You have got 4 minutes. Go!
Rich Pictures
• On your whiteboard try and draw relativism. This is difficult as it is an abstract concept.
Subjective
• Judgments based on personal opinion and not on fixed rules.
Strengths & Weaknesses
True or False
Eskimos allow their old people to die by starvation
• TRUE
In Taiwan a third of all funeral processions feature a stripper.
• TRUE• Strippers are used to allure people
to attend the funeral. It’s believed that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured!
In New Zealand a brother and sister may marry each other.
• FALSE
The Dobu of New Guinea believe that stealing is morally right.
• TRUE
In Barbados, it’s illegal for anyone, to dress in camouflage clothing.
• TRUE• Camouflage
clothing is reserved for the police and the Barbados Defence Force.
Every Spanish man must pass a qualification in bullfighting.
• FALSE
A tribe in East Africa once threw deformed infants to hippopotamus.
• TRUE• Is this practice much
different to abortion in our society in cases of disability.
In Muslim countries, polygamy is allowed.
• TRUE• A man is allowed to marry up to four
wives.
There are some societies that make it a duty for children to kill their ageing parents (sometimes by strangling).
• TRUE• Yet most countries have not
legalised euthanasia.
The Callatians, an Asian tribal people, eat the bodies of their deceased parents.
• TRUE
Lesson Re-Cap
• Do you know the difference between ABSOLUTE and RELATIVE morality?
• Do you understand the difference between OBJECTIVE and SUBJECTIVE arguments?
• Have you analysed the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES of absolute and relative morality?