Pojmans Dependency thesis
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Relativism is the belief that morality is relative, or containing to a particular society. Meaning what is right and excepted as moral in one society may not be considered moral in another. Pojman takes this one step further with his "Dependency" thesis. In which it states that there are no universally valid moral principles, but that all moral principles are only valid relative to culture or individual choice. Pojman sees morality as a set of norms and customs that a society has approved over time. From these believes arose two forms of the "Dependency" thesis, the strong and the weak. The weak forms states that the only the expressions of a particular moral belief changed from culture to culture not the believe itself. Whereas, the strong forms states that a particular moral belief itself is relative from culture to culture and that there is no such thing universal morality. Of the two forms of this thesis, we're more concerned with the strong version. "If there are different moral principles from culture to culture and if all morality is rooted in culture, then it follows that there are not universal moral principles valid for all cultures and people at all times...