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Moral relativism
About: Moral relativism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 596 publications have been published within this topic receiving 12015 citations.
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06 Dec 1999
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the social origins of the real and the good grounding dialogogues on social construction from deconstruction to reconstruction, from "what is" to "what could be" together.
Abstract: CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION - FROM "WHAT IS" TO "WHAT COULD BE" Together We Construct our Worlds The Social Origins of the Real and the Good Grounding Dialogues on Social Construction From Deconstruction to Reconstruction Reflective Pragmatism: The Working Vocabularies of the World CHAPTER 2: CONSTRUCTING THE REAL AND THE GOOD The Language We Live By Everyday Conversation: The Power of the Unremarkable Institutional Realities: Foucault on Power Identity Politics: To Be or Not To Be CHAPTER 3: HORIZONS OF HUMAN ENQUIRY From Empiricism to Constructionism Research Traditions in Transformation Discourse Study: Exploring Constructed Worlds Imagination in Action: Qualitative Enquiry CHAPTER 4: THE RELATIONAL SELF Generative Theory Individualism: Separation and its Discontents Self as Relationship: First Steps Self as Relationship: The Emerging Vision Mind as Relational Action Multi-Being: What Shall We Become Together? CHAPTER 5: DIALOGUE - CONFLICT AND TRANSFORMATION Exploring Dialogue: Key Concepts Dialogue and Difference Toward Transformative Dialogue CHAPTER 6: EDUCATION AS RELATIONAL PROCESS Knowledge as Socially Constructed Education as Relational Process The Challenge of Student Evaluation CHAPTER 7: THE HELPING PROFESSIONS - CO-CONSTRUCTION IN ACTION Therapy as Social Construction Collaborative Means to Human Well-being Meaning and Medicine CHAPTER 8: MAKING MEANING IN ORGANIZATIONS Organizing Through Language Relational Organizing: Key to the Future The Organization as System CHAPTER 9: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN QUESTION Realism: "But there is a World Out There!" The Challenge of Moral Relativism Missing Ingredients: The Body and Power The Challenge of Moral Relativism
3,331 citations
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01 Jan 1978
TL;DR: In this paper, the sense of justice and the moral authority of suffering and injustice are recurring elements in moral codes, as well as the rejection of the suffering and opposition to oppression.
Abstract: List of Tables Preface PART ONE: THE SENSE OF INJUSTICE: SOME CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES Recurring Elements in Moral Codes The Moral Authority of Suffering and Injustice The Rejection of Suffering and Oppression PART TWO: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: GERMAN WORKERS 1848-1920 Prologue German Workers in the Revolution of 1848 Social and Cultural Trends Before 1914 Militance and Apathy in the Ruhr Before 1914 The Reformist Revolution 1918-1920 The Radical Trust PART THREE: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES The German and Russian Revolutions: Some Comparisons The Suppression of Historical Alternatives: Germany 1918-1920 Repressive Aspects of Moral Outrage: The Nazi Example Moral Relativism Inevitability and the Sense of Injustice Epilogue: Reciprocity as Fact, Ideology, and Ideal References Cited Index
530 citations
TL;DR: It is argued to be compatible with a wide variety of moral theories that are often themselves mutually incompatible and affords a way forward in the context of intercultural ethics, that treads the delicate path between moral relativism and moral imperialism.
Abstract: It is hypothesised and argued that "the four principles of medical ethics" can explain and justify, alone or in combination, all the substantive and universalisable claims of medical ethics and probably of ethics more generally. A request is renewed for falsification of this hypothesis showing reason to reject any one of the principles or to require any additional principle(s) that can't be explained by one or some combination of the four principles. This approach is argued to be compatible with a wide variety of moral theories that are often themselves mutually incompatible. It affords a way forward in the context of intercultural ethics, that treads the delicate path between moral relativism and moral imperialism. Reasons are given for regarding the principle of respect for autonomy as "first among equals", not least because it is a necessary component of aspects of the other three. A plea is made for bioethicists to celebrate the approach as a basis for global moral ecumenism rather than mistakenly perceiving and denigrating it as an attempt at global moral imperialism.
456 citations
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01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: The End of Faith as discussed by the authors was the first book to argue that science has nothing to say on the subject of human values and that our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith.
Abstract: Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people - from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists - agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith. In this highly controversial book, Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. Defining morality in terms of human and animal well-being, Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be. In his view, moral relativism is simply false - and comes at an increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra, there can be no Christian or Muslim morality. Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience, along with his experience on the front lines of our 'culture wars', Harris delivers a game-changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation.
295 citations