| 单词 | ethical relativism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasethical relativism ethical relativism n. the theory that there are no universal or objective ethical standards, that each culture develops the ethical standards that it finds acceptable, and that these cannot be judged by the ethical standards of another culture. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > other theories or principles Christian Science1875 heterogony of ends1887 ethical relativism1889 amoralism1895 nomism1905 formalism1931 virtue ethics1942 1889 Mind 14 605 The author..gives in the first part of his doctoral thesis an effective presentation of the ethical ‘relativism’ of Montaigne. 1912 Philos. Rev. 21 268 The present standpoint permits the most extreme ethical relativism to be reconciled with a general principle closely connected with Kant's categorical imperative. 1937 T. Parsons Struct. Social Action xi. 447 He [sc. Durkheim] was forced to define normality with reference to the social type alone, thus ending in a complete ethical relativism. 1968 Internat. Encycl. Soc. Sci. V. 158 The ‘reductionist’ form of ethical relativism, which presents the ethical beliefs of a people as functionally dependent on their other beliefs and practices. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 8 Feb. 23/1 A certain political agenda which educationists favour (like multiculturalism or ethical relativism). 2006 A. C. Inkpen & K. Ramaswamy Global Strategy ix. 209 Ethical relativism holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. < as lemmas |
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