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.
-Stace characterizes ethical relativism as

• A) the extreme right wing of moral philosophy.
• B) the extreme left wing of moral philosophy.
• C) conservative.
• D) old-fashioned.

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