2004年2月19日 · Moral relativism is an important topic in metaethics. It is also widely discussed outside philosophy (for example, by political and religious leaders), and it is controversial …

Moral relativism or ethical relativism (often reformulated as relativist ethics or relativist morality) is used to describe several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral …

Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is …

2023年6月20日 · Moral relativism is an ethical theory that suggests that morality is not universal and that instead, moral values are relative to cultural norms. Broadly speaking, there are two …

Moral subjectivism versus moral relativism. Relativism holds that moral claims contain an essential indexical element, such that the truth of any such claim requires relativization to …

Most philosophers call group relativism “cultural relativism” or “ethical relativism,” and they call individual relativism “subjectivism.” Before considering the group and individual forms, let’s …

B. Relativism and individual moral codes Note that relativism also has individualistic forms (these are sometimes called “subjectivism”). Suppose Albert utters the sentence `Hank ought to be a …

Universal ethical relativists assume that some moral principles and norms outline necessary (a priori) relations that occur between a person and her acts; these relations imply some …

2024年1月31日 · As a moral theory, moral relativism is virtually worthless in guiding future moral behavior. Moral theories need to have at least one of two functions. The first function is to …

Perhaps moral subjectivism is the correct form of relativism, and morality comes down to the judgments of individuals with each individual subject being enough to form a moral community …