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Objectivity is the idea that ethical principles are a priori, which means that they have been established with experience. Because they are independent of any experience, they are right in themselves, or intrinsically right. This means that the outcome of an action is not important. An objectivist tries to identify the intrinsic source of morality regardless of the outcomes. By using objectivity, it becomes very easy to evaluate ethical principles. For example, if someone is not following the objective ethical principles, he is easily condemned for it as the principles are clearly universal. The large problem with this is that we cannot evaluate moral principles objectively until a consensus is made, and even then it is impossible to say that it isn't just a large group of people with the same subjective opinions.
Objectivity is very similar to hard universalism, which states that there is one moral code and no other morals can be made. Some attempts to show truth is this are found in the moral law evident in nature, but most of the time a universalist would say that something is right simply because it is right. This does not seem very convincing as it is hard to just follow a code on the ground that it is simply right without any evidence or proof.
Objectivity is linked to Plato's concept of the forms. He contended that there were perfect values that existed as forms, and these were absolute. Many objectivists would argue that many actions, such as rape, where and always will be immoral regardless of culture or beliefs. Many religions take on this objective approach. This can differ between religions, and can cause different opinions. Some religions deem homosexuality to be immoral, regardless of the situation or outcome. This is hard to accept as an objective truth because when looking back on history, many moral principles have changed such as slavery. Since the acceptance of slavery, for example, has changed over the centuries, it seems to undermine the whole concept of having objective moral principles if they simply change over time.
Relativism is radically different from objectivity as it strongly states that there are no universal, objective morals. Moral relativism is centered around the concept that ethical principles are grounded in cultures and individuals. All right and wrongs actions are completely relative to the society in which they are performed. Different ways of life vary between cultures, and so does their morals. This is known as cultural relativism. The idea that principles may vary between individuals is simply known as moral relativism. No individual person or culture can claim to be superior in the field of morality as there is no standard to which they can be judged apart from their own. This means that a relativist would not disregard minorities as he would treat all cultures with respect. It is impossible to judge a minority if there is no constant standard to which they can be judged.
Relativism does not allow for moral debate as every moral claim is relative to the cultural source from which it came. It would still be possible to discover whether an action was right within a certain society by asking. If the community is consulted, the action can be determined right or wrong within that culture/society. A large problem with relativism is that a group of people can set up their own "community" so that they could preform action that would normally be deemed immoral by their previous society. Another problem with relativism is that societies are complex, so it is hard to determine each particular societies moral viewpoint. There may be disagreement from within the society itself, which would mean that establishing an agreed morality could be difficult if not impossible.
When we examine how much relativism has helped to shape our laws on punishment, we can see how much of a difference it makes. When a crime is committed in a foreign society, a different course of punishment may take place that we are not used to. According to moral relativism, each culture or society has the right to deem what they believe to be morally acceptable. because of this, laws will have to be altered from one society to the next. An objective, universal law cannot be put in place as there are too many societies with different moral codes. For example, adultery is a very serious offense in an Islamic culture and therefore there are strict punishments if it is committed. But when we look at other societies, such as the UK, adultery is not an official crime. This reflects how different societies deem different actions to be immoral and require punishments.
It would simply be impossible for a relative moral code to exist if there was an objective penal system, or vice versa. How could one respect each cultures moral views, but then want to enforce a universal standard of punishment? If one is willing to accept that morality can be different for different cultures and societies, then one must also accept the concept that punishments can be more sever in different societies, and that one should respect that even if one does not agree with it.

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