Walter Stace | on Ethical Relativism

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Walter Stace | On Ethical Relativism
Ethical relativism can be understood as an extreme left-wing response to ethical absolutism, which arose naturally out of Christian theology. Stace points out that while the former denies the latter, it also uses the term standard in a different way. While absolutist distinguishes between what is right and what is only thought to be right, the relativist sees them as the same.
-Ethical relativism arose in part as a result of

• A) renewed fervor in religious dogma.
• B) the decay of belief in the dogmas of orthodox religion.
• C) belief in Christian monotheism.
• D) reactionary tendencies of the 1960s.

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