relativism

Hi, Well, this is my situation : I am an atheist in a religious country, I cannot make friends or date a girl without making it clear that I am non-religious. And it always end up by rejection. I still cannot find a wife, although I am in my thirties. I always try to convince myself that I am...

Now if you accept this, then you might also understand that the standpoint, that no standpoint is metaphysically privileged over all others, is itself not metaphysically privileged over all others. In other words, what everything is, is nothing but thoughts about thoughts. So my question to...

With respect to today’s subject, I am in the minority even among atheists. Few non-believers—no matter how strongly they reject traditional Christian morality—are willing to call moral issues strictly matters of opinion. However, I remain a steadfast moral relativist despite the rarity of my...

Inspired from discussion on "The Dark Ages are coming back fast… " , would one ever want to live 'back then', where 'back then' is any time in the past? Who'd want to forsake all the improvements that we know have occured since that time in the past? Or, would you forsake the known...

Recently on CreationTalk I was challenged about moral relativism. Since I am a relativist, and quite a forthright and outspoken one, I wrote this opinion piece. I also posted it on my LiveJournal and on the Atheism Community where it engendered 120-odd responses and a spin-off thread. It's...

So, I'm taking this class on Computer Ethics and as part of the introduction to the subject were reviewing several different philosophical ethics. The first one being Ethical Relativism, which is a fairly familiar one to this board. Both the prof and the text book pretty much discounted...

...or rather, what isn't moral relativism? Listening, as I sometimes do, to conservative talk radio, I occasionally hear the term "moral relativism" thrown around. Generally, it is used to describe liberals and meant to show their weak moral character. However, isn't all morality relative...

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