Which of the Following Best Captures Singer's Response to the Objection

question 740

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best captures Singer's response to the objection that his position requires too drastic of a revision to our traditional moral scheme?

• A) Traditional moral standards should be revolutionized from time to time to prevent moral stagnation and enable social progress.
• B) Just because a position requires significantly departing from expected and ordinary moral standards is not evidence against that position, but may be evidence against our traditional moral codes.
• C) We should always have high demands from people when theorizing about morality because it is best to set lofty and noble expectations for people to strive to achieve.
• D) Traditional moral standards are always suspect and baseless conclusions of religious doctrine and we should start over when theorizing about morality to ground it in reason.