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'''Moral relativism''' rejects the existence of absolute morality and often argues that morality is a social construct that varies in different cultures. It has been criticized for a variety of reasons such as implying the absence of universal human rights and has often been used as a reason for rejecting various human rights criticisms.
'''Moral [[relativism]]''' is the viewpoint that moral standards are not absolute, but instead emerge from the induvidual, that things exist only in the context of the people who observe them, and that people can simply invent their own morality and do whatever they please.  


[[Evolutionary psychology]] provides a non-religious explanation for morality as genetically influenced instincts that are evolutionary beneficial (in particular for a genetically related group). In many cases these instincts are universal and present in all societies (with the exception of psychopaths).
Moral relativists claim that people can only be only judged by their own set of values, and that every person is "sovereign" and need only answer to themselves.


== See also ==
Those who believe in [[Moral absolutism|moral absolutes]]  are critical of moral relativism, and equate it with immorality or amorality.
*[[Cultural relativism]]
 
*[[Relativism]]
 
==References==
''References and external links:'' http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/m-relati.htm
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Latest revision as of 17:19, 8 February 2024

Moral relativism is the viewpoint that moral standards are not absolute, but instead emerge from the induvidual, that things exist only in the context of the people who observe them, and that people can simply invent their own morality and do whatever they please.

Moral relativists claim that people can only be only judged by their own set of values, and that every person is "sovereign" and need only answer to themselves.

Those who believe in moral absolutes are critical of moral relativism, and equate it with immorality or amorality.


References

References and external links: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/m-relati.htm

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