relativism

his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties.

In order to avoid relativism, Galmater took a strategy of augumentation stressing the logical function of categorial duality, which drew concern from many a philosopher.

It is often thought that pluralism in ethics goes hand in hand with ethical relativism, and that, conversely, a non-relativist view of morality entails a monolithic kind of moral absolutism.

relativism in social sciences

Such non-judgmental relativism might seem attractive, but think about Nazi Germany.

Benedict XVI saw the Church as the source of objective truth, opposing a " dictatorship of relativism."

Unless you want to embrace that sort of repugnant conclusion, it's probably best to steer clear of moral relativism.

There is a big problem with this sort of relativism though, the theory of relativism itself would have to, on its own account, be relative.

When I said that questions are important and answers matter less, I am not coming from a point of relativism. I'm not a relativist.

Moral relativism is the view that what's right in one culture may be wrong in another, and that there's no way of judging between the two — it's all relative.

This sort of relativism has been popular with some anthropologists, who've attempted to appreciate other cultures from within, understanding sets of interwoven practices as responses to particular circumstances and traditions.

In the Times Literary Supplement, Oksana Zabuzhko, a Ukrainian writer, argued powerfully that Western readings of major Russian authors had ignored their imperialist attitudes and indulged their drastic moral relativism and sympathy for criminals.