Moral Universalism

             Moral Universalism should be a worldview.
             I believe that it would be better for the human race to live in a world where moral universalism is the accepted worldview. I believe this because moral universalism almost offers the world a moral view that has no conflicts, no differences and has no bias. It will become clear why I think that moral universalism is the moral way of thinking throughout this essay. A valid explanation of what moral universalism is and how it can positively affect whole countries let alone whole nations will be provided.
             Ideally, moral universalism offers a world that will have no moral disagreements due to the fact that universally everyone thinks in the same way and manner about morals in general. As you might agree, this would be unrealistic, but nevertheless a pure society based on moral universalism would uphold those values. With a universal train of thought focused upon morals that do not differ from one individual to the next there is no room for opinions or bias. Moral universalism makes morals have a universal validity. This one-way train has no intersections or choices or differences. Universally we are all aboard the same train, which would eliminate thousands of conflicts happening today around the world due to a different moral system (i.e.: the battles between religions). As Thomas Hurka says on the concept of tolerance and how we should not impose our values on other people:
             "The ideal of tolerance is, at least to a point, attractive. But it actually contradicts relativism. That's because the ideal is presented as one that is binding on everyone: everyone in every culture should refrain from imposing their values. But that's a universal and objective statement!" (P.112, Principals; Short Essays on Ethics, Thomas Hurka)
             Everyone should refrain from imposing their values. Yes, that is a universal statement and it also complies with the idea of moral relativism, that...

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