The moral relativist contradicts himself when he insists that relativism creates freedom. This is impossible, as freedom cannot create values―rather, freedom presupposes values. As Pope St. John Paul ...
"Isn't all morality relative?" I often get this question from students, as there seems to be a fairly pervasive acceptance of moral relativism in much of our culture these days. However, the answer to ...
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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 ...
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Everything I have said and done is these last years is relativism, by intuition. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist ...
"Isn't all morality relative?" I often get this question from students, as there seems to be a fairly pervasive acceptance of moral relativism in much of our culture these days. However, the answer to ...
Here's the thing about whataboutism: It is not a way of elevating the discourse, but of making more than one offensive action inherently relative, and thus excusable. Take, for instance, the White ...
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 ...