In Order to Compare Morality Across Cultures, Three Friends First

question 42

Multiple Choice

In order to compare morality across cultures, three friends first try to think about how morality should be measured.Blake believes morality should be measured by amount of money donated to charity, Thea believes morality should be measured by percentage of people who attend a religious service, and Garrett believes morality should be measured by lowest numbers of people who are in prison per capita.Cultural research suggests that the three friends should discuss

• A) empirical evidence showing that donating to charity is a more objective standard of morality than the other two proposed measures.
• B) empirical evidence showing that low numbers of people in prison per capita is a more objective standard of morality than the other two proposed measures.
• C) which of these measures is the most indicative of the ethic of autonomy.
• D) which of these measures best captures all five moral intuitions.
• E) that it may be difficult to compare morality objectively across cultures given that they all have such different standards for what is considered moral.

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