MORAL ABSOLUTISM

 THEORY OF MORAL ABSOLUTISM

 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREE WILL, CHOICE AND

MORALS

 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE THEORY

 THEORY OF MORAL ABSOLUTISM

 A BELIEF OR THEORY

 ABSOLUTE STANDARDS

 MORAL QUESTIONS CAN BE JUDGED AGAINST SUCH

STANDARDS

 MORALS ARE NOT DETERMINED BY SOCIETAL OR

SITUATIONAL INFLUENCES

 MORALS ARE INHERENT

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 MORALS ARE INHERENT :

 IN LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE
 NATURE OF HUMANITY
 SOME OTHER FUNDAMENTAL SOURCE

 RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WRONG IS WRONG

 NO ROLE OF BELIEFS AND GOALS OF A CULTURE

 CHILDHOOD FEMALE GENITAL MUTILIATION WOULD BE

ABSOLUTELY AND INARGUABLY IMMORAL REGARDLESS
OF THE BELIEFS OF THE CULTURE WHEREIN THAT PREVAILS
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 AN ACT IS MORAL OR IMMORAL REGARDLESS OF THE

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY OCCUR

 E.G., TELLING A LIE WOULD ALWAYS BE IMMORAL, EVEN IF

IT IS DONE TO PROMOTE SOME OTHER GOOD

 IT MAY BE COMPARED WITH MORAL

CONSEQUENTIALISM

 MORALITY OF AN ACTION DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT

OR CONSEQUENCES OF THAT ACTION
 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREE WILL, CHOICE AND MORALS

 NO FREE WILL ?

 NO CHOICE ?

 WITHOUT FREE WILL, THE WORLD WOULD BECOME

DETERMINISTIC WORLD

 OUR CHOICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE OUTSIDE FORCES

 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE
THEORY

 OPTION OF CHOICE
 CREATER OF THIS UNIVERSE PERMITS US CHOICES

 LEAVES THE CHOICE UPON THE PEOPLE MAKING

CHOICES

 MORAL ABSOLUTISM WOULD BECOME SUBJECTIVE

MORAL ABSOLUTISM