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1

The claim that what is really right or wrong is solely determined by the standards set by each particular society is the doctrine of conventional ethical , otherwise known as conventionalism.
2

What your text labels the thesis (often elsewhere called cultural relativism) is the descriptive claim that moral beliefs, rules, and practices differ from society to society.
3

According to your text, the thesis asserts that moral beliefs, rules, and practices are essentially dependent on the cultural patterns of the society in which they occur.
4

James Rachels criticizes the argument for ethical relativism on the grounds that the mere fact of disagreement among moral beliefs doesn't logically imply there's no objective truth in morality.
5

Ethical is the claim that moral principles are not only objective but are also exceptionless.





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