Every philosopher knows of the “freshman relativist,” quick to assert, dogmatically even, that everything depends on how you look at it, that if one group thinks something then it must be true for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You might have seen people saying things like, “This is my truth.” It looks like they’re merely describing their experience. In that case, it really isn’t their truth but THE truth about their ...

I’ll never forget the first time I heard the words “moral relativism.” I was in college, talking with a friend who was taking an ethics class on campus. He told me the professor promoted moral ...

Shortly before he was elected pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger delivered a withering denunciation of relativism. For those unfamiliar with even the blunter points of philosophy, what was he driving at?