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  1. Jan 2019
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    1. Non-relativists will always have a stronger case when they come into conflict with lazy relativists because non-relativists can appeal to some absolute, universal, or objective authority to justify their values and explain the process of evaluation that led to those judgments.

      I believe this is true since lazy relativism seems to have various opinions but its opinions aren't fully educated or smart. They believe that they are always right and thinks that others are wrong.In other words they don't bother to account for themselves.

    2. This is why we have conflicts about moral values-- because we have different conceptions of what is Good and different understandings about how it is best achieved-

      Like said here, everyone has different perceptions on something. Different ideas and opinions on what is good to achieve and what is not. Not everyone thinks the same about our moral values. Which are a set of principles that guide an individual on how to evaluate the right versus wrong.

    3. the strong relativist who can give an account of his or her beliefs and take ultimate responsibility for the judgments that constitute his or her values is now able to make different demands of his or her antagonist

      This is a great definition of being a strong relativist, One who can take responsibility on their own values, and be able to grow and develop out of them.

    4. If I say 2+2=4 and you say 2+2=5, we can't just shake hands, grant the relative truth of the other's claim, and then pass the pipe. It matters that one of them is true and the other isn't. Otherwise, how can we know if we've been given correct change?

      I believe that we should correct a person with an explanation on how they are wrong. I know that its their way of thinking or their answer but we should help them have a clear understanding on how their answer on something is wrong without being rude or disrespectful about it. At the end of the day it's up to them on how they take it.

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    1. lame acquiescences

      I think that the work lame acquiescence's means a "poor agreement" into two persons. That they couldn't hardly agree with each other but had to agree anyways.

    2. well, what's true for you is true for you, and what's true for me is true for me... so, like, whatever, dude."

      Here, he's trying to show us that it's up to us as individuals to believe or take what we want. Everyone has a different way of thinking. What I believe is true someone else might have a different opinion.

    3. Values shouldn't be easy things to hold, and if we can't hold onto ours when they come into conflict with others, then we ought to let them go

      I believe that we should preserve into fighting for our values. Why would we just want to loose whats important to us? Our values help us grow and develop. In other words, our decisions we make are a reflection of our own values and beliefs, they always have a purpose, therefore it'll be stupid for us to let them go..

    4. I think if you asked my students to name one single value that I hold, passionately, they would say: "She HATES lazy relativism." I deliver my diatribe against lazy relativism in every class-- usually multiple times-- to the point where I actually feel sorry for students who have taken my classes more than once and can practically recite the speech themselves. "Lazy relativism" is the kind of thinking that never bothers to account for itself, that can't formulate its own principles, that won't try to settle disagreements, barely even engages in disagreements, and which runs and hides behind completely lame acquiescences like "well, what's true for you is true for you, and what's true for me is true for me... so, like, whatever, dude."

      A lazy relativist seems to be person who has many opinions but no educated opinions. They believe they are right and others are wrong; however, they have never bothered to research or substantiate any of their beliefs.

    1. The problem here is that, absent some familiarity with ethical theory, students' judgments end up being merely intuitive at best, grossly arbitrary at worst. It's like trying to teach the game of baseball to students by watching a bunch of baseball games. They probably will be able to intuit some of the rules of baseball that way, but they'll miss many more than they get, and the ones they get won't be formulated in their minds as general principles.

      if people don't have any comprehension or any understanding with ethical theory then they will end up in missing a lot when decision making. People wont be able to give a fully explanation when asking what are their beliefs, it'll just be like a game where they will guess when giving out their opinion

    2. persnickety

      Can be people who likes things neat and tidy. Or can also refer in being picky about something. Ones that doesn't provide a clear explanation that appeals.

    1. Nobody wins a tiara for being a lazy relativist.

      Everyone who does great in life, who strives to succeed is worthy to win a tiara. We have to keep fighting for what we believe or for what we want in our life. Nobody deserves to win something when they don't want to think about something or deal with it, like a lazy relativist

    2. If I run into someone who thinks that capital punshiment is both morally and legally justifiable, then I am obligated by my own position to oppose my interlocutor's position, that is, to think they he or she is wrong.

      like said in the beginning of Lazy Relativism, an individual decides on what to believe. People have different opinions and a different way of thinking, therefore a person is obligated to defend their position on something

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    1. The world gives us things and events to value, but it does not give us values, especially not moral values.

      This is absolutely correct. We have and make our own values because its important to our living and our life. We are the ones who put meaning to it because they are the foundation for our own beliefs We choose the life we lead not the world.

    2. When we say something is "right" or "wrong," just like when we say something is "true" or "false," what we mean by that is that we are convinced that we can reasonably expect others to make the same evaluation given the same set of criteria for judging.

      i can strongly agree with this. We as individuals when saying that something is right or wrong or true or false we expect others to have the same answer or think the same way as we do because that's what we believe is right.

    1. BUT I don't think that being "wrong" about facts is the same thing as being "wrong" about values.

      I totally agree with this, facts and values are two completely different things, Their meaning is not compared to be the same.

    2. fallibilist

      It's the claim that no belief can have justification which guarantees the truth of the belief. In other words, we can have a lot of good reasons to believe that the external world is the way we perceive it to be.