moral absolutism

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Ethics
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkbp:appliesTo all people at all times
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:moral_relativism
moral subjectivism
gptkbp:criticizedFor lack of flexibility
gptkbp:debatedBy meta-ethics
gptkbp:describes belief that certain actions are intrinsically right or wrong
gptkbp:example lying is always wrong
murder is always wrong
gptkbp:heldBy moral principles are universal and unchanging
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label moral absolutism
gptkbp:influencedBy religious doctrines
gptkbp:opposedBy ethical situationalism
gptkbp:relatedTo deontological ethics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3