A Clarification of the terms ‘Objectivity’, ‘Subjectivity’ and ‘Relativity’
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The claim that morality is relative to the individual (or society) is a familiar one in the church. Moral relativism is the denial that there exists an objective moral system, i.e., independent of the moral agent. Sometimes moral relativism is also referred to as moral subjectivism since the morality is taken to be determined by the subject. Because of this, some pastors, Christian authors and thinkers are suspicious when the terms ‘relative’ and ‘subjective’ appear.
A Clarification of the terms ‘Objectivity’, ‘Subjectivity’ and ‘Relativity’
A Clarification of the terms ‘Objectivity…
A Clarification of the terms ‘Objectivity’, ‘Subjectivity’ and ‘Relativity’
The claim that morality is relative to the individual (or society) is a familiar one in the church. Moral relativism is the denial that there exists an objective moral system, i.e., independent of the moral agent. Sometimes moral relativism is also referred to as moral subjectivism since the morality is taken to be determined by the subject. Because of this, some pastors, Christian authors and thinkers are suspicious when the terms ‘relative’ and ‘subjective’ appear.