RE: A predisposition to relativism?

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Dear all,

I find it very surprising that the group were disposed to relativism about 
All moral issues. My intuition is that rape or torture, for example, in 
whatever culture or context, is wrong, will always be wrong etc.

Clearly, I am not a moral relativist! There *are* objective moral truths. If 
an action is wrong, it is wrong regardless of the reason a subject has for 
doing it. Say, for example, i am in a serious fight. Some nutter is trying 
to kill me, when, in self defense, i fight back and kill the nutter. In that 
case my action is wrong. Full stop. Genocide is wrong. If it is part of 
culture x to commit genocide, they are wrong to do so. Why should i be 
afraid to say that? People are too politically correct. Yes we want to avoid 
dogmatisms, but if there are moral truths  (which I believe there are), and 
some person or culture violates them, we should have the courage to condemn 
those actions.


My thoughts on your question are this. The disposition to relativism in your 
group, is probably because of fear of dogmatisms. And yes it IS good to be 
cautious when we are so ignorant of what those truths are.

But wouldn?t you say, a few of them are blindingly obvious. Like the ones I 
mentioned.

Koush

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