such as “murder is wrong” is not true or false but merely an attempt to impose our view on someone else.So why do we make moral statements if they have no validity one way or the other? A variety of answers may be given. We act morally or try to impose our morals on others to avoid punishment, to gain praise, to attain happiness, to be dignified, or to fit in with society. It is perceived that one is a good person if they act in an ethically sound way. So natural one would make statements about their actions or how others ought to act, to associate themselves with an ethically sound lifestyle.To dispute this argument one would take the conventionalist approach and hold that there are ethical truths. They maintain that truths are true because someone says so. Conventionalists say we can true ethical statements because they are arbitrary decisions made by groups of people as a whole. This is ethical relativism. This states that what is right or wrong is determined by the society in which you live. If your society holds that poking children for fun is wrong, then it is wrong for you to poke little children, and it is true to say so....
