The Claim That Morality Is a Human Invention and Therefore

question 7

Multiple Choice

The claim that morality is a human invention and therefore not objective is a claim about

• A) applied ethics.
• B) value theory.
• C) normative ethics.
• D) metaethics.

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Definitions:

Australopithecine Fossils

Prehistoric remains of hominid species, belonging to the genus Australopithecus, that are among the earliest known human ancestors.

Million Years

A period of time equal to one thousand times one thousand years, often used to denote significant periods in Earth's geological and biological history.

Hominoids

A group of primates that includes all apes and humans, characterized by their lack of a tail and more complex brains.

Toumai

A nickname for Sahelanthropus tchadensis, one of the oldest known species in the human lineage, discovered in Chad, Africa dating to about 7 million years ago.