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... relativism is subjectivism . Unless it tightens up its definition of " the situation , " it is unstable , and likely to dis- integrate into a do - as - you - please ethic which no one really favors.2 OBJECTIVE RELATIVISM : SYNTHESIS OF ...
... relativism is subjectivism . Unless it tightens up its definition of " the situation , " it is unstable , and likely to dis- integrate into a do - as - you - please ethic which no one really favors.2 OBJECTIVE RELATIVISM : SYNTHESIS OF ...
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... Relativism " guards against the inflexibility and over- generalization to which any concept of objective values is otherwise prone , while " objective " insures relativism against subjective inter- pretations which equate values with ...
... Relativism " guards against the inflexibility and over- generalization to which any concept of objective values is otherwise prone , while " objective " insures relativism against subjective inter- pretations which equate values with ...
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... relativism . War brings to light a number of things which were not seen so clearly before . d . It proceeds as if the only choice we have is between unequiv ocal absolutism and straight relativism . Begin with this disjunction and ...
... relativism . War brings to light a number of things which were not seen so clearly before . d . It proceeds as if the only choice we have is between unequiv ocal absolutism and straight relativism . Begin with this disjunction and ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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