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1		The claim that what is really right or wrong is solely determined by the standards set by each particular society is the doctrine of conventional ethical , otherwise known as conventionalism.


2		What your text labels the thesis (often elsewhere called cultural relativism) is the descriptive claim that moral beliefs, rules, and practices differ from society to society.


3		According to your text, the thesis asserts that moral beliefs, rules, and practices are essentially dependent on the cultural patterns of the society in which they occur.


4		James Rachels criticizes the argument for ethical relativism on the grounds that the mere fact of disagreement among moral beliefs doesn't logically imply there's no objective truth in morality.


5		Ethical is the claim that moral principles are not only objective but are also exceptionless.

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