Most people who oppose moral relativism believe that they know the moral absolutes. Rarely does someone say, "I believe there are moral absolutes, but I don't know what they are." Generally, ...
This is Part 4 of a series. See also Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. There could be no greater argument against moral relativism than the moral relativist himself. Ayn Rand insisted that she was justified ...
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 ...
Everything I have said and done is these last years is relativism, by intuition. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist ...
There’s a great riff in John McWhorter’s book, The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language that describes how expressive force in language diminishes over time. His poster child is the word ...
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 ...