Posted by Alan on September 01, 2003 at 00:41:09
In Reply to: material for philosophic debate posted by anovagrrl on August 28, 2003 at 14:12:00:
Anovagrrl,
Just for yuks, I looked up relativism in a dictionary. I already knew the definition, but perhaps you should review it too.
relativism:
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.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
As we can see from the above dictionary definition,your words describe the philosophy of moral relativism. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
Certainly there are some grey areas, on which reasonable people can differ, but moral relativists have attempted to paint many black and white issues with their grey paint.