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PBA221H: Moral Relativism

What is (moral) relativism?

Relativism: “…truth itself is relative to the standpoint of the judging subject…” 1)

:. Moral relativism holds that the truth of a statement of morality i.e., it is wrong to murder an innocent person, is relative to the person.

Example statements

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Simon Blackburn, Dictionary of Philosophy, 313.