I
agree with what you have said about foundations and resolution of
disputes. But what about question #4: Is there moral knowledge?
There appears to be one level at which the ethical relativist can
claim moral knowledge. Let's assume that when the relativist makes a
moral judgment about an action it means that the action conforms
to or violates a moral principle that applies to some individual or
group. This is a simplified version of what Wong believes.
Now the judgment that the action conforms to a principle or
violates it is usually a judgment about the facts
pertaining to the action and the principle. We can know in an
uncontroversial way that this is true or false.
This is knowledge, but it seems only to apply to moral judgments
and not to the principles or standards themselves. What else can the
relativist say?