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Originally posted by Spanky
Wonk has already defined moral relativism and I accepted his definition. For the upteenth time moral relativism is:
rel·a·tiv·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rl-t-vzm)
n. Philosophy
A theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
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I think part of the problem here is that you are reading the definition too broadly. The fallacy you are hung up on is that if one is a relativist, then one can never hold any opinion on anything. That is
reductio ad absurdum.
I can believe that the decision whether or not it is right to take a life depends upon the facts and circumstances of the life being taken versus the general good accomplished or protected thereby, and still believe that genocide is an absolute evil and those who practice it are absolutely wrong.
