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Duppers

(28,246 posts)
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 01:28 AM Dec 2020

A quote - "moral relativism"

In its original literal sense, "moral relativism" is simply moral complexity. That is, anyone who agrees that stealing a loaf of bread to feed one's children is not the moral equivalent of, say, shoplifting a dress for the fun of it, is a relativist of sorts. But in recent years, conservatives bent on reinstating an essentially religious vocabulary of absolute good and evil as the only legitimate framework for discussing social values have redefined "relative" as "arbitrary".

- Ellen Jane Willis (1941-2006)



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A quote - "moral relativism" (Original Post) Duppers Dec 2020 OP
Republicans believe in nothing. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Dec 2020 #2
TY! Duppers Dec 2020 #3
very timely at a point when Americans have been so screwed over by Republicans rurallib Dec 2020 #4

OAITW r.2.0

(28,361 posts)
1. Republicans believe in nothing.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 02:00 AM
Dec 2020

Except whatever they think is moral and ethical. But they never address this inclination.

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rurallib

(63,196 posts)
4. very timely at a point when Americans have been so screwed over by Republicans
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 12:59 PM
Dec 2020

during the pandemic that shoplifting is exploding.

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