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relativismAny view that maintains that the truth or falsity of statements of a certain class depends on the person making the statement or upon his circumstances or society. Historically the most prevalent form of relativism has been See also ethical relativism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In a midday address in Vatican City on October 8, the Pope encouraged families to go against cultural fashions that are inspired by hedonism and relativism. As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then-Cardinal Ratzinger had declined to attend the interreligious event because he feared it promoted relativism. In this analysis, relativism springs from the Enlightenment and the triumph (over the church's strenuous objections) of liberalism, democracy, and religious freedom, a triumph epitomized in many ways by the eighteenth-century political emancipation of the Jews. |
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