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2 unusual facts about Moral relativism


Moral relativism

Sterling Harwood, "Taking Ethics Seriously -- Moral Relativism versus Moral Realism" in Sterling Harwood, ed.

Panayot Butchvarov, "Skepticism in Ethics" (Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana University Press, 1989).


Jerzy Owsiak

He is often accused of promoting the motto "róbta co chceta" ("do whatever you want"), which can be interpreted as an encouragement to hedonistic lifestyle and moral relativism.

Tsujigiri

The practice of tsujigiri has been cited in the philosophical debate over moral relativism, notably by Mary Midgley in her 1989 work Can't We Make Moral Judgements?.


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Karen Barad

She uses Michael Frayn's play, Copenhagen, as an example of the kind of moral relativism that she finds problematic.