%% #📓 #📚 #🟠 %% # Understanding the diversity of moral beliefs **Authors:** [[L. M. Hinman]] **Citation:** Hinman, L. M. (2012). Understanding the diversity of moral beliefs. In _Ethics: A pluralistic approach to moral theory_ (Second Edition, pp. 45–51). Wadsworth Cengage Learning. --- # Notes #### p. 45 - [[relativism|Relativism]] seems attractive due to its promise of tolerance towards others, but is problematic. - Should we also be tolerant towards intolerance? - Should tolerance be our highest value? Relativism leads to [[moral isolationism]] - If it's all relative then we can't criticize others and they can't criticize us. ([note on p.45](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/UMMYQF4X?page=1)) #### p. 50 - [[pluralism|Ethical pluralism]] suggests that we can learn and grow from moral disagreements. ([note on p.50](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/UMMYQF4X?page=6)) > The good is not some single factor but a plurality of factors. There are different standards of moral value. Each is reasonable; none is the only reasonable standard. ([Hinman 2012:52](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/UMMYQF4X?page=8)) #### p. 55 - Four principles of [[pluralism]] show us how to respond to moral conflicts. 1. [[understanding]] 2. [[tolerance]] 3. [[standing up to evil]] 4. [[fallibility]] ([note on p.55](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/UMMYQF4X?page=11)) ## My Questions & Thoughts --- # Other References ## Tags