One premise of the identity argument regarding the importance of racial, ethnic and
cultural differences, questions the claim to impartiality of the moral agent. Critiques of the
claim to impartiality argue that
a. Claims to impartiality are a sham. The moral point of view was never an
impartial one.
b. Those in power pass off their point of view as universal but the universality is
an illusion.
c. The appeal to impartiality is simply an attempt to provide justivication for the
standpoint of the moral elite.
d. All of the above
Question 2The identity argument maintains that
a. race, ethnicity or culture do not matter to morality.
b. race, ethnicity or culture are central to identity and hence to morality.
c. race, ethnicity or culture make a difference to morality only when the group has
been subject to discrimination.
d. None of the above.
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