Pojman’s Ethical Relativism

I believe that the main point that Pojman was arguing was that, as it says in the reading, the morality of right and wrong depends on the culture it is based on. Thus, making the point that in reality there is not one common thing that is morally right or wrong for every single human being on this planet. The three theses’ that were discussed in the reading would be the Diversity thesis, the Dependency thesis, and the Ethical relativism thesis. Personally, the concept that I might associate more closely with would be the dependency thesis. I relate to all three of them but I believe the dependency thesis backs up more of my opinion that we all have different morals based on the way we were raises. The way we were raised is also dependent on the society that we live in. The reference that stuck out to me most was the Ernest Hemingway reference. Where Hemingway once said that: “Morality is in the eye of the beholder.” For example, if I see a man robbing a bank, I personally BELIEVE that it is wrong, yet in his eyes and mind, he believes he has the right to do it. Truth is, we do not know what goes on in other people’s mind and yes it can seem so morally wrong to us for what other people think and do. Yet, if we had their minds, we wouldn’t even be arguing the point of morality. This brings another point that I like so much. There are individuals who are different from the majority of people. This brings to my mind the concept of individual vs. majority. Even though we may all think and act differently, there are many things that we can agree on, and majority of people, as a whole, agree on what is morally right or wrong. What bothers me about this is that even though some of my view points can be considered part of the majority perspective, I may have a view point that is completely out the question. It is kind of like having one foot in the door and the other out the door. So if we all feel this way, then can morality also really just be based from person to person?