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Definitions for ethical relativism
eth·i·cal rel·a·tivism
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U.S. National Library of Medicine
Ethical Relativism
The philosophical view that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ethical relativism in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ethical relativism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of ethical relativism in a Sentence
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Communism, avowedly secularistic and materialistic, has no place for God. This I could never accept,... I strongly disagreed with Communism’s ethical relativism… there are no fixed, immutable principles; consequently, almost anything—force, violence, murder, lying—is a justifiable means to the ‘millennial’ end.
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