Moral relativism

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Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
meta-ethical view
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:moral_absolutism
gptkb:moral_universalism
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Bernard_Williams
gptkb:Thomas_Nagel
gptkb:Allan_Bloom
moral realists
potentially undermining moral criticism
gptkbp:debatedBy philosophers
gptkbp:debateTopicIn gptkb:international_relations
bioethics
philosophy of law
gptkbp:describes the view that moral judgments are not absolute
gptkbp:developedBy 20th-century philosophers
gptkbp:discusses anthropology
ethics
cultural studies
gptkbp:firstDiscussed gptkb:ancient_Greece
gptkbp:hasType cultural relativism
descriptive relativism
individual relativism
normative relativism
meta-ethical relativism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Moral relativism
gptkbp:implies promotion of tolerance
challenge to universal human rights
difficulty in cross-cultural moral judgments
potential for moral disagreement
gptkbp:influenced multiculturalism
debates on human rights
ethical debates in global context
gptkbp:influencedBy anthropology
cultural relativism
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkb:Richard_Rorty
gptkb:Gilbert_Harman
gptkbp:notToBeConfusedWith nihilism
amoralism
gptkbp:proposedBy morality is context-dependent
morality is subjective
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Internet_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy
gptkb:Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy
gptkbp:relatedTo tolerance
cultural diversity
subjectivism
ethical pluralism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Callicles
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6