Topic > Benefits of Rossian Pluralism - 1857

Monist theories have failed to be broad enough to provide an adequate response to any moral scenario presented to them. Furthermore, among major pluralistic theories, Rossian pluralism's inclusion of weighting rules makes it a better candidate for a moral theory than virtue ethics, which is too relativistic to be viable. Finally, although the weighting rules of Rossian pluralism cannot provide an adequate response to all moral conflicts, it must be accepted that this is simply the nature of morality itself. It seems unlikely that we will ever be able to find an answer to all conflicts between moral duties, just as it is unlikely that we will be able to know whether Michelangelo's paintings are objectively better than Picasso's paintings, or whether or not it is worth saving ten burned ones. Picasso paintings instead of three Michelangelo paintings in flames. Since morality is subjective, we will never find answers to questions that require drawing meaningless lines where one thing becomes more important than another. Therefore, despite this universal issue, Rossian pluralism still seems to be the most sensible morality