Assess the Following as Probably , as Probably , as Requiring

question 54

Essay

Assess the following as probably , as probably , as requiring further documentation before judgment, or as a claim that cannot properly be evaluated. Consider both the nature of the claim and the source.
"Every day 5,000 Americans try cocaine for the first time-a total of 22 million so far-according to estimates by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. About five million people are believed to be using the drug at least once a month, and they are administering it to themselves in increasingly destructive ways."
-James Lieber, in the Atlantic

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Definitions:

Moral Absolutism

The ethical belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act.

Ethical Absolutism

The philosophical viewpoint that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of the context or circumstances.

Cultural Relativism

The belief that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than judged against the criteria of another.

Ethicists

Scholars who study and analyze moral principles and how they apply to behavior.