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Agreed. The Wikipedia article and other summaries always present a strawman that I've never heard anyone accept as their own position. Except for maybe politi
by alphazard 3y ago
Agreed. The Wikipedia article and other summaries always present a strawman that I've never heard anyone accept as their own position. Except for maybe politicians.
The steelman I would present: Moral Relativism is the belief that moral statements only make sense in the context of a "valuer" or thing that can perceive the goodness or badness of things. Absent a valuer, moral statements are under-specified or nonsensical.
Humans, animals, and anything with a self preservation instinct, all clearly seem to be valuers. There does not seem to be any evidence for the universe itself being a valuer.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoI think that’s one of the best steel men I’ve seen for the idea of moral relativism.