Introduction
Mary Midgley argues the concept of ethical relativism that seeks to dictate the universal moral standards of the societal way of life. She bring in the lime light that the concept of moral doctrine is clearly associated with the various relative communities or the societies in the surrounding arena and definitely dictates their course of action with regards to the various matters that hold them.
The origins of the diverse doctrines originate from the various backgrounds that set the standards of the various beliefs that societies follow. An example is the sexual morality of which is reflected in the various issues relating to the society. Some Inuit groups alleged that it was ethically right to dump old populace who could no longer travel with the group in the essence which is reflected in the societal norms and cultural overviews.
In her own overview she looks upon that when we talk about morality and the angle in which the society looks upon issues, people are talking about the various globally moral binding standards that bind the general human race and their code of conduct. The cultural diversions and the generally accepted standards in the societal set up binds the various groups with the common beliefs that various phenomenon happen for a specified reason and on that code it is accepted and honored. In that essence the universal overview of moral outlook of the various issues that affects various societies is brought in the lame light (Mackie 1961).
In her example, she brings the concept of the Santa Claus culture in which we mean to be talking about a large, jolly man who wears a red suit and has a white beard (Mackie 1961). On the same note it brings out the concept that thought the various moral standards are upheld in the social arena of the societal back yard, they do not posses the generally and globally accepted truth in the make up of the diverse issues.
In the same overview, she brings out the concept of ethical relativism. In this issue it becomes clear that the various doctrines of whether one is right or wrong regarding a certain issue can, only be determined or rather justified in the overview of the relative standards of the specified group or culture in the context being investigated.
Ethical standards show a discrepancy from society to society, in this concept therefore, there are no collective ethical principles, which are valid across cultures. An example is female genital mutilation (FGM) is not erroneous in Somalia this is for the reason that the norm concur with narrow tradition, but it is profoundly wide of the mark in other countries’ cultures because it is example divergent to the Canadian gender egalitarianism in the context reflecting other various diverse issues in the societal make up.
In this general overview, the concept of Ethical relativism plead to a lot of people but on the same overview reflects a number of unsatisfactory and generally inconsistent conclusions regarding the various concepts, reflecting the societal make up. On the issue Midgley refers to the common form of moral relativism is the one concerning moral isolationism. In this concept she brings in the lame light the overview that there is no universal morally accepted standard that binds all the individuals around the globe. This shows that the various cultures around the globe does exhibit the various and generally accepted issues that guide them in the terms that all ,of them accept it to be the general truth in the ground. On this concept, generally accepted standards guide what leads the society to come into a consensus of what is wrong and also right in the various spheres of life.
The concept is further illustrated in the general context that brings out the various aspects that will be highlighted by the various individuals in the outlook of appreciating others culture and accord respect on the same. An example is the concept of tolerance that the various individuals do embrace in the context that people do not fall into a contradiction of whether to embrace other cultures or on the same join up, in the context that people can learn on the same morally truths.
On the same, the various hitch backs arise in the overview that ethical disagreements becomes the most inevitable feature of human life. In this concept, it brings the issues that whether ethical ideologies regarding various views are justified to be the sole truth in the social arena. Since there are no standards of intellectual and consequently intercultural evaluation, it brings the context of cultural relativism. This consequently brings the ethical disagreements which becomes irresolvable in the context of whether to accept it as true or false in the societal norms and principles.
Mackie advances and ultimately comes into a logical conclusion that it is supplementary levelheaded to refute that there is any worldwide ethical normal rather than to admit that there is only one. This is in the generally accepted norm by the society.
