(March 28, 2013 at 12:40 am)jstrodel Wrote: Argue for that position from self evident principles to conclusion. How do morals become absolute?They don't...you ultimately have to apply general guidelines to specific situations. It would be impossible to make a separate moral rule for each and every possible exception to a general guideline.
Quote:How is moral relatavism not nihlism?
Because there are varying degrees of moral relativism. The first degree would not be considered nihilism at all (descriptive moral relativism).