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Relativism

What is moral relativism?

Moral relativism is a philosophy that asserts there is no global, absolute moral law that applies to all people, for all time, and in all places. Instead of an objective moral law, it espouses a qualified view where morals are concerned, especially in the areas of...

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Cognitive Relativism

Cognitive relativism affirms that all truth is relative.  This would mean that no system of determining truth is more valid than another system and that there is no objective standard of truth to be found or claimed.  It would, naturally, deny that there would be a...

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Ethical Relativism

Ethical relativism is the position that there are no moral absolutes, no moral right and wrong.  Instead, right and wrong are based on social norms.  Such could be the case with "situational ethics," which is a category of ethical relativism.  At any rate, ethical...

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Refuting relativism

Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual.  But, if we look further, we see that this proposition is not logical.  In fact, it is self-refuting. All truth is relative. If all...

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What is relativism?

Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual.  This means that all moral positions, all religious systems, all art forms, all political movements, etc., are truths that are relative...

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What is truth?

In John 18:38, Pilate asked, "What is truth?" That question is one of the best questions asked in the entire Bible... and an unbeliever asked it.  "What is truth?"  The answer is important since various religions, secular movements, ideologies, etc., claim to...

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