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(n.)Philosophy A theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
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Relativism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Relativism is the idea that some elements or aspects of experience or culture are relative to, i.e., dependent on, other elements or aspects. Common statements that might be considered relativistic i...
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Moral relativism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In philosophy moral relativism is the position that moral or ethical propositions do not reflect universal moral truths (neither objective nor subjective). Instead, Moral Relativism makes claims rel...
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Relativism is not a single doctrine but a family of views whose common theme is that some central aspect of experience, thought, evaluation, or even reality is somehow relative to something else.
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Though moral relativism did not become a prominent topic in philosophy or elsewhere until the twentieth century, it has ancient origins. ... In the post-war period, moral philosophers began devoting considerable attention to moral relativism and some—most notably Richard B. Brandt (1954) and John Ladd (1957)—took...
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The first clear statement of relativism comes with the Sophist Protagoras, as quoted by Plato, "The way things appear to me, in that way they exist for me; and the way things appears to you, in that way they exist for you" (Theaetetus 152a).
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Moral Relativism - Are standards of right and wrong mere products of time and culture? Is morality really a neutral concept? Find out! ... Moral Relativism - What's It All About?; Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a...
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A critique of the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. ... Ethical relativism is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. That is, whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced.
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What is relativism? ... Ethical Relativism ... Cognitive Relativism...
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