Ethics (PHL-261) _ Student: Waseem Toonsi
• What is moral relativism? How is moral relativism generally viewed today? Why?
Moral relativism is what is considered morally good for one culture or society is only good
relatively to them and to their customs. Those morals can be seen the most righteous only from its
own society point of view. In other words, all morals, traditions and customs are arbitrary and
there is no reason to justify one practice than the other. Nowadays, moral relativism is based on
each individual. Population today have increased greatly. Which resulted in having a vast number
of believes, cultures, customs and practices. The scope became very large that you cannot
disagree with any possible believe or idea or social practice. That’s why individuals now are
justifying their morals independently without associating themselves under any groups. However,
