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Consequences of Ethical Relativism
European Journal of Philosophy, 1998Various disastrous consequences have been attributed to ethical relativism, ranging from increased crime rates to the decline of Western cultural values. While sceptical about such empirical claims, this article contends that relativism has subv ersive interpretative consequences, i.e. those pertaining to the viability of our ethical self‐understanding.
John Tasioulas
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Ethical Absolutism V Ethical Relativism
2019Chapter defines and compares ethical absolutism and ethical relativism.
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A Defense of Ethical Relativism
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2005Relativism is usually a derogatory word in philosophical bioethics in the West. If people make the mistake of trying to understand radically “different” points of view, an accusation of relativism is quickly forthcoming. But why should this be an accusation? My aim in this paper is to demonstrate that it should not.
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American Journal of Sociology, 1962
Ethical relativists and ethical absolutists are compared with regard to their acceptance and observance of certain social norms. The relativists do not appear to exhibit a greater degree of anomia than absolutists in terms of any of the following indexes: difficulty in evaluating actions, a sense of making too many exceptions to principles, failure to ...
Snell Putney, Russell Middleton
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Ethical relativists and ethical absolutists are compared with regard to their acceptance and observance of certain social norms. The relativists do not appear to exhibit a greater degree of anomia than absolutists in terms of any of the following indexes: difficulty in evaluating actions, a sense of making too many exceptions to principles, failure to ...
Snell Putney, Russell Middleton
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Ethical Relativism, Pluralism, and Global Media Ethics
2021This chapter shows that the development of global media ethics follows the path of monism (biased towards the global and Western-centered), ethical relativism (biased to the local), and pluralism (between the global and the local). This chapter argues that the first two have been eliminated, and the solution of pluralism seems to be caught in the ...
Bo Shan, Qiong Ye
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Reply: Ethical Universality and Ethical Relativism
1996In the epilogue of Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov has a dream of a terrible new plague which affects the mind and will: Each thought that he alone had the truth … They did not know how to judge and could not agree what to consider evil and what good; they did not know whom to blame, whom to justify … They gathered together in armies against one ...
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Ethical Relativism in a Multicultural Society
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 1998The multicultural composition of the United States can pose problems for physicians and patients who come from diverse backgrounds. Although respect for cultural diversity mandates tolerance of the beliefs and practices of others, in some situations excessive tolerance can produce harm to patients.
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Some remarks about relativism and pseudo‐relativism in ethics
Inquiry, 1962This article deals with socio‐cultural ethical relativism. An attempt is made to analyze an ethical relativistic statement, i.e.
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