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Moral Relativism
“Cross-cultural disagreement is a fact; turning it into a theory of truth takes another argument.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Moral relativism covers views on which the truth or justification of some moral judgments depends on a framework, culture, or standard. It is not the same as mere variation in customs.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
Two societies may judge a practice differently; that establishes disagreement, not that both are correct within their own frameworks.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
Relativism does not automatically entail tolerance; a local framework could reject tolerance too.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Separate what each group believes, what its claim means, and what could justify it.