On Mises's Ethical Relativism
I think it important to delineate briefly what relativism is and what the issues are on this important topic. Let us first consider the polar opposite of relativism: absolutism. The absolutist believes that man's mind, employing reason (which ... [... more]
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Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism
 Boghossian's tone was a definite turn-off.: I am a graduate student in English with additional background in Sociology, so before I began reading Boghossian's book, I fully expected to find myself questioning some of my beliefs. I actually looked forward [... more]
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Rationality And Relativism: In Search Of A Philosophy ...
Rationality And Relativism: In Search Of A Philosophy And History Of Anthropology (international Library Of Sociology) [... more]
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Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, ...
A fascinating and timely treatment of the objectivism versus relativism debates occurring in philosophy of science, literary theory, the social sciences, political science, and elsewhere. --Choice [... more]
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Relativism and Monadic Truth
Relativism has dominated many intellectual circles, past and present, but the twentieth century saw it banished to the fringes of mainstream analytic philosophy. Of late, however, it is making something of a comeback within that loosely configured [... more]
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The Tyranny of Relativism
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Epistemological Relativism in the Sciences of Human Action
Up to the 18th century, historians paid little or no attention to the epistemological problems of their craft. In dealing with the subject of their studies, they again and again referred to some regularities that - as they themselves and their ... [... more]
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Mises's Apriorism Against Relativism in Economics
The close followers of the work of Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), one of the leading thinkers of the Austrian School of Economics, maintain that economics is an Indeed, such a view stands in very sharp contrast to today's state-of-the-art ... [... more]
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Intellectuals Rediscover Absolutes
In this age of moral relativism, we periodically encounter great displays of moral outrage, ones that presume a fixed standard of right and wrong. We are told daily that some CEOs of large companies have engaged in outrageously immoral conduct ... [... more]
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The Basis of Stoic Ethics - Philosophy
There are many viewpoints regarding the basis of ethical thought. Moral relativism would have us believe that "right" actions are very shallow in their rightness. This is because this philosophical view places the determination of moral [... more]
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Character Under Attack and What You Can Do About It - ...
Sommer also argues that "America has its own value system" and that we should return to more traditional values such as condemning homosexuality. Violent media and liberal views fill youth minds with "hedonistic philosophy of moral [... more]
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Moral Relativism and the Bible - Atheist / Agnostic
When questions of moral imperative arise, I have a friend who likes to jokingly inform me that as an atheist, I am not bound by any moral code and can therefore do whatever I want. If a coworker is annoying me, I am free to stab him in the back ... [... more]
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