In the realm of social networks, opinion is king. All have their vision as much on the weather as on geopolitics. This can lead to the idea that, digitally, we are replicating the agora of Ancient ...

In certain political and religious circles, the notion of moral relativism — that there is no objective “right” or wrong, only individual opinions — is not just anathema, not merely abhorrent. It is ...

CHICAGO (U-WIRE) — It was the first day of class in moral philosophy, and Professor Sidorsky was trying the same experiment he had used for many years to start the class. He wrote, “Murder is wrong” ...

If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and [for] men who claim to be bearers of an external objective truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than fascist attitudes. —Benito ...

Extreme relativism probably isn’t explicitly accepted by even the most scatterbrained of postmodernists or sociologists of science. Most postmodern views certainly lead to extreme relativism, and in ...

Seminaries around the world are facing a major restructuring of their curriculum in a Vatican-ordered countermeasure against relativism. According to the “Decree on the Reform of Ecclesiastical ...

Beginning in the mid-20th century, Western intellectuals began dismantling the concept of objective truth. Postmodern philosophy insisted that truth is relative, that everyone has their own version of ...

Atheism is said to pose a major threat to morality. Some theists claim that disbelief leads to moral relativism and undermines a major factor motivating prosocial behavior. Recent research can help us ...

Pope Benedict XVI notoriously speaks in paragraphs, not sound-bites, but every now and then he’s capable of delivering a line for the ages. The best case in point is still his homily for the Mass just ...