According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Moral Relativism is:
- 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.
This is the perspective held by many in the world today. We see it in our media, classrooms, and social circles. It permeates our culture and has an effect on our lives in many ways we may not even recognize.
Knowing how to identify moral relativity leads us closer to a place of identifying its presence in ourselves and those we interact with. Once we are able to identify this kind of relativism, we need to be armed with some solid truth to line it up against.
Knowing how to identify moral relativity leads us closer to a place of identifying its presence in ourselves and those we interact with. Share on XIn the short video below, Jim Putman speaks to the following 4 problems of moral relativity.
- Some say, “I trust my feelings.”
- Some trust what we have seen with our eyes or experienced ourselves.
- Some accept what the culture tells them is true. They accept whatever is most popular now.
- Some place their trust in whatever science tells them.
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