Strictly, any doctrine that something exists, has a property, or obtains, relative to something else.
Two forms of relativism have been common, cognitive and moral; both of them are different from subjectivism, though some versions are also subjectivist.
Cognitive relativism may say that all beliefs are true, or true for their holders (the view Plato attributes to Protagoras in his dialogue Theaetetus); or it may take the form of perspectivism (or cultural relativism), perhaps limited to the advanced sciences, where straightforward reputation may be rare.
As cognitive relativism relativizes truth, so moral relativism relativizes Tightness or moral values, but must be distinguished from merely saying that what is (absolutely) right for one to do depends on one’s role or the circumstances one is in. A thoroughgoing relativist must also avoid concluding that it is (absolutely) right to live and let live.
(For linguistic relativism, see: SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS.)
Source:
M Krausz and J W Meiland, eds, Relativism: Cognitive and Moral (1982)
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air
- 2.2 Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
- 2.3 Absolute Relativism: The New Dictatorship and What to Do about It
- 2.4 A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews With an Absolutist
- 2.5 Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam
- 2.6 Who's To Say?: A Dialogue on Relativism (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues)
- 2.7 Relativism vs. Reality-Apr 2007 DVD
- 2.8 Who Am I to Judge? Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
- 2.9 Who's Afraid of Relativism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood
- 2.10 Moral Relativism: A Reader
Videos
Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air
- Beckwith, Francis J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 192 Pages - 10/01/1998 (Publication Date) - Baker Books (Publisher)
Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
- Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
- Sri Ph.D., Edward (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 190 Pages - 02/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Ignatius Press (Publisher)
Absolute Relativism: The New Dictatorship and What to Do about It
- Chris Stefanick (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 59 Pages - 05/01/2011 (Publication Date) - Catholic Answers (Publisher)
A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews With an Absolutist
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- Kreeft, Peter (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 177 Pages - 10/01/1999 (Publication Date) - Ignatius Press (Publisher)
Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam
- Ratzinger, Joseph (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 176 Pages - 01/30/2007 (Publication Date) - Basic Books (Publisher)
Who's To Say?: A Dialogue on Relativism (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues)
- Melchert, Norman (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 96 Pages - 10/01/1994 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
Relativism vs. Reality-Apr 2007 DVD
- David Hawkins (Actor)
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Who's Afraid of Relativism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Smith, James K. A. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 194 Pages - 04/15/2014 (Publication Date) - Baker Academic (Publisher)
Moral Relativism: A Reader
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 08/10/2000 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
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