"Lord of the Flies" Philosophical Essay

Dr. Mortimer Adler wrote the book Great Ideas from the Great Books. In his book he wrote about human nature and behavior, which is a common point in the book Lord of the Flies. Dr. Adler answered a lot of complicated philosophical questions in essay forms. One of theses questions was: " Are there any absolute distinctions between what is right and what is wrong? Or are such distinctions merely an expression of particular culture or of personal opinion?" Things that appear good to us are the things that we desire, but they should meet our natural needs, if they do, then they are really good and right.
Mortimer's believes in moral relativism, and his first main idea was that our moral rights depend on the society we belong to. …