Thomas

Suppose that there is a tyrannical society, leaders of an isolated nation, which ardently believes in moral objectivism and censors any concept of moral relativism from being taught. Perhaps they even come up with a new language which does not have a word for "relative," similar to what is depicted in Orwell's 1984. The citizens have no concept of morality other than what the leaders pass on and so they all take the subscribed morality for granted. From the perspective of conventional ethical relativism, is this moral because the society of rulers believes it to be? Or is it immoral because the society of citizens has not developed the morality together? In other words, can morality exist where society does not develop that concept of their morality through their own free will and judgment? Or does it not matter how the society adopts the system of morality so long as they believe and adhere to it?