RE: President Obama: Do you really love America?
February 26, 2015 at 7:05 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2015 at 7:07 pm by Jacob(smooth).)
Quote:At best, I find this false equivalency to be sloppy, intellectually lazy and fallacious. At worst, it smacks of moral relativism.
Quote:Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others.
Yep. I'd consider that moral relativism makes a lot more sense than moral absolutism, the alternative position. The idea that morality exists as a binary state, or exists independently of context and environment makes little sense to me. Just because morality is relative does not mean that all acts are morally equal, by definition. But I'm available to be persuaded on that one if you can offer a few universally applicable moral absolutes and provide the basis for them.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code