What is relativism?

What is relativism?

We can think of this relativism simply as a generalization of the position just discussed that treats moral terms (e.g., “right”, “good”) as assessment-sensitive along with predicates of personal taste.

Where can I find a good book on moral relativism?

Foot, P., 1982, “Moral Relativism”, in Michael Krausz & Jack Meiland (eds), Relativism: Cognitive and Moral , Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 152–166. Fricker, M., 2013, “Styles of Moral Relativism : a Critical Family Tree”, in Roger Crisp (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

What is the best book on epistemic relativism and disagreement?

Goldman, A., 2010, “Epistemic Relativism and Reasonable Disagreement”, in Disagreement, Richard Feldman and Ted A. Warfield, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 187–215. Goodman, N., 1978, Ways of Worldmaking, Indianapolis, IN: Hackett. –––, 1975, “Words, Works, Worlds”, Erkenntnis, 9 (1):57–73.

What is an example of moral relativism?

To take an example, moral relativism, according to this approach, is the claim that the truth or justification of beliefs with moral content is relative to specific moral codes. So the sentence “It is wrong to sell people as slaves” is elliptical for “It is wrong to sell people as slaves relative to the moral code of …”.