Benefits of moral universalism in governance:
Moral universalism talks about universal morals, ethics, and universal way of judgment of actions, benefits could be to unify people in their ways of looking at things as they will have a universal standards to measure actions, and to make it clear when people should be punished for an action, so in a way it helps to create standards where all people are equal in terms of rights and punishments.
Side effects in governance:
It diminishes the cultural values and the religious values that are absolute and this can create conflict between universalist and absolutists.
Benefits of moral absolutism in governance:
It also create standards but it is more cultural, and religious relative as it dominate a certain group of people, so it will create groups in a community that have different view of right/wrong actions according to their reference which is either cultural or religious value.
Danger of moral absolutism in governance:
If it is in forced by the governing system it will create inequality between people live in a community as it some people will have different view of what is right and what is wrong.
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