Relativism Survey

Relativism

"Morality differs in every society, and is a convenient term for socially approved habits." Ruth Benedict, Patterns of Culture (1934)

Place a checkmark in the column which most nearly matches your viewpoint:

#	agree true	disagree false	not sure	Statement
1				Different cultures and societies have different moral practices and beliefs. We have no way of judging one's culture's belief to be better than another.
2				Because each culture creates its own ethics, we should not pass judgment on another culture
2				Different people have different morals. It is not possible to definitively say or know whose morals and values are best
3				What is moral depends on the country or culture you are visiting, so, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
4				There are no objective moral standards that hold true for all people in all cultures.
5				Following the letter of the law, "Thou shalt not lie and thus shalt not steal" should be weighed less heavily that time, place and circumstances in making moral decisions
6				There is no objective right and wrong in ethics
7				Ethics comes down to what a culture thinks is right and wrong. It is mostly opinion.
8				There are no absolutes in the world because everything is relative to a person or a culture
9				There is no objective common ground that we can all agree on.
11				Reasonable and intelligent people disagree on moral issues, so you are not able to say, "You, Miss, are right, and you, Mr. are wrong" because there is no way to know
				Total Points ( 10 points for each check)

See Scoring:__ below:

Scoring:
If your high score is in the agree column, you lean towards relativism.	Straddling the fence
If your highest score is in the disagree column, you lean towards objectivism
If your highest score is in the not sure column, you are straddling the fence.