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Cultural Confusion and Ethical Relativism II

December 5th, 2008 13 Comments

In my previous post, I set out the differences between relativist and objectivist views of ethics. I noted that objectivist views were widely disparaged in our culture in favour of relativist ones. I now want to raise what, I think, is an obvious question, why should we accept the relativism assumed in much cultural ethical […]

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Cultural Confusion and Ethical Relativism I

December 2nd, 2008 19 Comments

Suppose you asked me what today’s date was and I answered that the Maori Electorate seats in Parliament should be scrapped. You would quite rightly wonder what I was on. The question of what the date is is a completely different question as to whether a particular social policy is just. Oddly enough, however, when […]

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Cultural Confusion and Ethical Relativism – Invitation to a Thinking Matters Event

August 19th, 2008 Comments Off on Cultural Confusion and Ethical Relativism – Invitation to a Thinking Matters Event

Taken from Thinking Matters – Events & Announcements: Cultural Confusion and Ethical Relativism Dr Matthew Flannagan PhD, MSocSci, BSocSci When: Tuesday 2nd September Time: 7 – 9pm Where: Bethlehem Community Church Center – 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga Cost: Free Event Format: Live Presentation followed by Q&A and discussions Christian moral obligations are often seen […]

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