Ariadne's Thread on Ethical Relativism
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I have some items to add to Ayesha's list. These are some of the more worrisome concerns that people have about ethical relativism:
  • Ethical relativism implies that there are no solid foundations for ethics. There is no such thing as moral knowledge.

  • Ethical relativism implies that 'anything goes' in ethics.

  • Ethical relativism implies that there are no rational methods for settling disputes in ethics.

Basically, Ayesha listed the things that people thought were good implications and I ended up listing the things people were afraid of.

I suggest that we start with Ayesha's list.

 
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