Globalization and Pluralism:

New Challenges to Ethics

Presented by Pamela Joy M. Ricafrente

STRUCTURED LEARNING ACTIVITY #1

Tower of important things

STRUCTURED LEARNING ACTIVITY #1

Questions:
1. What is the important thing for you? Why do you consider
it as important?
2. Is it hard to let go of your important thing?
3. How hard is it to build a tower using the resources you
have?
PLURALISM

• There is more than one basic substance or principle.

(De Guzman et al., 2017).

De Guzman, J. M., Aquino, E. C., Tomas, R. D. P., Pacer, J. P., Madriaga, A. T., Benitez, G. C., … Mamba, L. M. J. (2017).
Conclusion: Ethics through Thick and Thin, and Ethics and Religion. In Ethics: Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern
Society (pp. 151–189). Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House Inc.
MORAL PLURALISM

• There can be conflicting moral views that are each

worthy of respect (Regina, 2016) .
• Values may be incommensurable
(De Guzman et al., 2017).

John David Lehmann Regina, B. (2016). Value Pluralism: What It Is and Why Its Main Arguments Fail.
De Guzman, J. M., Aquino, E. C., Tomas, R. D. P., Pacer, J. P., Madriaga, A. T., Benitez, G. C., … Mamba, L. M. J. (2017).
Conclusion: Ethics through Thick and Thin, and Ethics and Religion. In Ethics: Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern Society
(pp. 151–189). Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House Inc.
AGAINST MORAL PLURALISM

• Gives no moral standard and offers no moral power.

• Values are indeed commensurable
(De Guzman et al., 2017).
• Pluralism in belief and morals could be disastrous.

De Guzman, J. M., Aquino, E. C., Tomas, R. D. P., Pacer, J. P., Madriaga, A. T., Benitez, G. C., … Mamba, L. M. J. (2017).
Conclusion: Ethics through Thick and Thin, and Ethics and Religion. In Ethics: Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern
Society (pp. 151–189). Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House Inc.
AGAINST MORAL PLURALISM

• Gives no moral standard and offers no moral power.

• Values are indeed commensurable
(De Guzman et al., 2017).
• Pluralism in belief and morals could be disastrous.

De Guzman, J. M., Aquino, E. C., Tomas, R. D. P., Pacer, J. P., Madriaga, A. T., Benitez, G. C., … Mamba, L. M. J. (2017).
Conclusion: Ethics through Thick and Thin, and Ethics and Religion. In Ethics: Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern
Society (pp. 151–189). Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House Inc.
SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL VALUES

• Indeed, a set of shared ethical values and standards

is central for the cohesion of society and for global
justice and peace (De Guzman et al., 2017).

De Guzman, J. M., Aquino, E. C., Tomas, R. D. P., Pacer, J. P., Madriaga, A. T., Benitez, G. C., … Mamba, L. M. J. (2017).
Conclusion: Ethics through Thick and Thin, and Ethics and Religion. In Ethics: Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern
Society (pp. 151–189). Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House Inc.