Examples Of Personal Relativism

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The main culture has against heterosexuality in its own way. Prejudice towards the gay community, discrimination against LGBTQ are commonly seen. Even most people believe Personal Relativism, there are still judgments against other people’s sexuality. Tons people are still staying locked in the closet, because they are afraid of those judgments and discrimination. We should be able to talk about who we are and we have rights to become what we want to be. It is a universal truth that we are morally permitted to have heterosexuality and/or homosexuality, for all cultures and all people. We can think of universal morality as universal moral permissions here. Then everyone is morally free to make their own choices as long as no harm cause for others.However, we should realize that the difference is not a conflict in …show more content…

There should be a fundamental law of nature that we should not harm other people. Intrinsic to nature is we do not killing innocent. Most fundamental principle is the right to enjoy one’s own life. Everyone has his right and we do not destroy others rights. It is totally consistent the idea being relativist. If the law of one culture is Darwin’s “survival of the fittest”, then everybody can do whatever they need to in order to survive. They can extend that, individuals are free to do whatever they like to increase their pleasure and decrease their pain. And unfortunately there are certain people pleasure to impose pain on other people. In this case, like those Japanese soldiers killing innocent civilians for fun in the World War II, some minority races may die out. We know what is like to feel pain and therefore if we are civilized human beings, we are not ready to impose pain on other people. It is our understanding of experiencing pain and suffering leads us to take that position. The position is justified by nature of universe and every culture agrees with