This is Part 2 of a series on moral relativism. The previous article can be found here. Lack of virtue. Moral relativism is based on individual preferences. Exactly who would do the nominating who for ...

That was the odd question posed to me many years ago at a Catholic convention in the New York City area. I had just finished giving a presentation on moral relativism when an energetic young man ...

From William Buckley to Allan Bloom to Rush Limbaugh, the right has long accused liberals of embracing moral relativism — the view that in ethical matters there exists no truth. According to the ...

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When I first started college, one of the courses I took was an ethics class introducing the idea of moral relativism. The takeaway, as I recall, is there are no moral absolutes. I have often wondered ...

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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(RNS) — The celebrated British novelist Iris Murdoch, who would have turned 100 this week, anticipated young Americans' attempt to find goodness without God. (RNS) — The writer and moral philosopher ...

"Yes, compared to people around here." “You’re radical.” “Yes, compared to current local standards.” Einstein got beyond Newton by recognizing that all points of reference in time and space are ...

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 ...