Ethical relativism is the view that:
A) whether an act is right can never be known.
B) the rightness of an act is relative to the amount of goodness it produces.
C) no acts are really right or wrong.
D) the rightness of an act depends upon the society in which it is performed.
E) None of the above

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Ethical relativism holds that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the cultural or societal norms of the society in which it is performed. This means that a moral action in one culture may not be considered moral in another culture. Therefore, the rightness of an act is not universal, but rather depends on the context of the society in which it is performed.

Ethical Relativism Is the View That