This is Part 2 of a series on moral relativism. The previous article can be found here. Lack of virtue. Moral relativism is based on individual preferences. Exactly who would do the nominating who for ...
That was the odd question posed to me many years ago at a Catholic convention in the New York City area. I had just finished giving a presentation on moral relativism when an energetic young man ...
Four years before he was hoisted to Speaker of the House, a smooth-faced Representative Paul Ryan declared, “If you ask me what the biggest problem in America is, I’m not going to tell you debt, ...
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In certain political and religious circles, the notion of moral relativism — that there is no objective “right” or wrong, only individual opinions — is not just anathema, not merely abhorrent. It is ...
Some articles I’ve read using the term moral relativism prompt me to clarify: Moral relativism does not mean you don’t believe in anything. It means you don’t believe there is an objective or ...
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I have been teaching a freshmen philosophy class at DeSales University for more than 35 years. It has been a long time since we have had a consensus on a moral absolute in the realm of human sexuality ...
MORAL RELATIVISM….Matt Yglesias notes today that Eugene Volokh has decided that charges of “moral relativism” against liberals are unfounded. However, it’s not clear to me if either of them is talking ...