How Julien Beillard Asserts that Moral Relativism is Self-defeating and Unintelligible

Reflection: Moral Relativism
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Reflection: Moral Relativism
The article “Moral Relativism Is Unintelligible” by Julien Beillard asserts that the concept of moral relativism is self-defeating and unintelligible. He argues that the idea that morality is relatively true does not strive at any objectivity, rather it opts for an appearance of truth that does not depend on any factual reality (Beillard, 2013). Since the author disagrees with any idea of a moral statement that is sometimes true without being objectively true, he theorizes that moral relativism advocates for moral nihilism instead of moral relativism.
On the other hand, the excerpt “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” by James Rachels examines five claims made by cultural relativists and is generally more indulgent in its assessment of cultural (moral) relativism. Although the author admits that the moral code of a society is founded more on the factual beliefs of the culture than with its ethics, and that no society can clai...