Explain what is meant by moral absolutism.
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brushers22 (student)
a) Explain what is meant by moral absolutism?
Moral absolutism is the ethical theory which believes that there are always absolute rules of which moral questions can be judged against. It means that certain actions are either right or wrong. Moral absolutists will judge the actions of those who steal, child abuse, murder etc. as being absolutely immorally wrong, regardless of ones belief or ones situation therefore making it impersonal. It is based on the deontological argument, people are led on a set of rules which people must obey. These pay no regard to exceptions and are set in stone.
Moral absolutism adapts the theory that certain actions are either right or that they are wrong, regardless of when or why they happened to begin with. Moral absolutist's look at the law for help when assessing a certain situation. The law says that you should not murder. Those who do need to be punished, regardless of the fact that the situation may have been because the victim was the one who initiated the attack in the first place. It would pay no influence on a moral absolutists decision, killing someone is always wrong and that It can never be the right thing to do.
