Ladd's Two Theses (Pojman IP3 491a)

"According to Ladd, ethical relativism consists of two theses:

(1) a diversity thesis, which specifies what is considered morally right and wrong varies from society to society, so that there there are no moral principles accepted by all societies, and

(2) a dependency thesis, which specifies that all moral principles derive their validity from cultural acceptance

From these two ideas he concludes that there are are no universally valid moral principles ..."


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 14 September 2004