Lecture 11 - Folk Moral Relativism

Multiple Choice

Is the following statement universally or relatively true?: "The Earth is round."

• Universally true

• Relatively True

Multiple Choice

Is the following statement universally or relatively true?: "A day is 24 hours long."

• Universally true

• Relatively True

Poll

Suppose one of your classmates thinks Horace killing his youngest child is morally wrong, and another thinks that it is morally permissible. Does at least one of them have to be wrong?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Suppose a Mamilon thinks Horace killing his youngest child is morally wrong, and another thinks that it is morally permissible. Does at least one of them have to be wrong?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Suppose a Pentar thinks Horace killing his youngest child is morally wrong, and another thinks that it is morally permissible. Does at least one of them have to be wrong?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

In Sarkissian et al.'s experiment, which group agreed most with the claim that at least one person must be wrong in a moral disagreement?

• The "Same Culture" condition (other Baruch students)

• The "Other Culture" condition (Mamilons)

• The "Extraterrestrial" condition (Pentars)

Open Ended

In your own words, how do the authors respond to the objection that participants' varying judgments across conditions are just a bias?

Multiple Choice

[Study 4] When it came to judging whether one person had to be right and the other wrong, which of the following mattered more to participants?

• Whether the person acting was from a different culture.

• Whether the person judging was from a different culture.