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   What is normative moral relativism?

   • Normative moral relativism is the idea that all societies should accept each other’s differing moral values, given that there are no universal moral principles. Most philosophers disagree however. For example, just because bribery is okay in some cultures doesn’t mean that other cultures cannot rightfully condemn it.

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   What is moral relativism?

   • The term ‘moral relativism’ is understood in a variety of ways. Most often it is associated with an empirical thesis that there are deep and widespread moral disagreements and a metaethical thesis that the truth or justification of moral judgments is not absolute, but relative to the moral standard of some person or group of persons.

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   Why is moral relativism on the rise?

   • One reason for this, of course, is that it is widely perceived to be a way of thinking that is on the rise. Indeed, by the end of the twentieth century it had become a commonplace among teachers of moral philosophy in the US that the default view of morality held by the majority of college students was some form of moral relativism.

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   What are some examples of moral relativism?

   • For example, there is considerable work on moral relativism in connection with human rights (Donnelly 2013, part 2 and Okin 1998), political philosophy (Accetti 2015, Bilgrami 2011 and Long 2004) and feminist philosophy (Code 1995 and Khader 2019). There are also discussions of moral relativism in applied fields such as medical ethics (Earp 2016).

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2. plato.stanford.edu › entries › moral-relativismMoral Relativism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 19, 2004 · Moral Relativism. First published Thu Feb 19, 2004; substantive revision Wed Mar 10, 2021. Moral relativism is an important topic in metaethics. It is also widely discussed outside philosophy (for example, by political and religious leaders), and it is controversial among philosophers and nonphilosophers alike.

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   Moral relativism or ethical relativism (often reformulated as relativist ethics or relativist morality) is used to describe several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral judgments across different peoples and cultures.

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   Learn what moral relativism is and how it differs from moral absolutism. Explore the descriptive, meta-ethical, and normative versions of moral relativism and their implications for ethics.

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   An overview of moral relativism, the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others. Learn about the historical background, arguments, objections, and variations of moral relativism.

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   Sep 11, 2015 · Briefly stated, moral relativism is the view that moral judgments, beliefs about right and wrong, good and bad, not only vary greatly across time and contexts, but that their correctness is dependent on or relative to individual or cultural perspectives and frameworks.

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   Feb 19, 2004 · Moral Relativism. First published Thu Feb 19, 2004; substantive revision Tue Dec 9, 2008. Moral relativism has the unusual distinction—both within philosophy and outside it—of being attributed to others, almost always as a criticism, far more often than it is explicitly professed by anyone.

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   Ethical relativism is the view that there are no absolute moral truths and that what is right or wrong depends on personal or cultural perspectives. Learn about the historical and philosophical origins of this doctrine, its challenges and criticisms, and its relation to postmodernism.