Discussion:
Ethics and Relativism & Animal Rights
Part 1
Ethics and Relativism
What challenges does relativism presents to various ethical and religious viewpoints. For this, we consider a specific moral question--circumcision-which might make it difficult to accept the relativist's response.
Part 2
Animal Rights
Do human beings have any obligations to animals in terms of their treatment? If it is wrong to treat animals cruelly, why is it not wrong to eat them? A discussion on how humans might find a balance between treating animals ethically while also raising them for food and dietary sustenance.