I favor moral relativism as a general “rule of thumb” ... but i am opposed to making it a universal absolute—except for possibly in some deep and abstract way, below the level of basic human values, below, maybe, even, the basic tendency of life to develop values which promote more life.

sorry, profile confusion.  This is me, same guy.  I intend to use the Isaac profile, not the essah one.

OK, since we’re only allowed one profile per person here, I’ve gone ahead and banned essah.

This thread belongs in the Philosophy folder so I’ve moved it there as well. Welcome to the Forum.

Cheers,

essah - 25 December 2010 04:29 AM

I favor moral relativism as a general “rule of thumb” ... but i am opposed to making it a universal absolute—except for possibly in some deep and abstract way, below the level of basic human values, below, maybe, even, the basic tendency of life to develop values which promote more life.

Relativism is a meta-ethical claim, is it not, rather than a prescriptive one?

EDIT: I see now there is such a thing as normative (prescriptive) moral relativism. Strange view. Does anyone really promote or hold it?