Realism Realism is simply the opposite of nihilism -- it holds that it makes sense to speak of such things as obligations, and right actions, and that such talk connects with a significant aspect of reality. Moral obligations are not myths, they are not just symbols, they are not merely verbal expressions, and they are not just different types of psychological delusions.
Furthermore, moral discourse is not fundamentally and intellectually mistaken -- the result of some drastic conceptual error. According to moral realists, the universe has lots of properties -- the universe has physical properties, it has conscious properties after all, we are conscious, and we are part of the universe , and it has moral properties.
And those moral properties are just as real as the physical ones. Furthermore, realists hold that the moral aspects of the universe are what they are independent of human opinion. Realists deny relativism, because relativists think that obligations are rooted in human opinion. Realists think that people can simply be wrong or mistaken about what their obligations are. Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again.
Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Search within Go to page:. Abstract and Keywords An ever-increasing awareness of religious diversity inevitably raises religious and philosophical issues about pluralism and relativism in religion.
All rights reserved. Sign in to annotate. Maybe it becomes harder to hate the guy who buys your fish every week. Off the top of my head, no. I mean, if I tried, I could probably find something, but I'm willing to agree with you it's a generally true thing. I could probably dig up in a day or two a substantial list of descriptors on how all urban social spaces are not created equal, which was really all I meant.
Urban space in areas of major cities are actively disciplined into making sure interactions don't take place. If one wants to go old school i. Again, I agree with you: it is harder to hate the guy you buy fish from every week. It gets even harder when you know his name, when you see him outside of work, etc. Or, to put it in a personal anecdote, realizing that a guy was a conservative evangelical after I had spent 4 years practicing aikido with him made me more willing to see him as a person than a crazy.
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Top Posters In This Topic 10 11 13 9. Yvonne November 24, BillM November 30, Nick the Nevermet Posted November 22, Yvonne Posted November 22, I'm glad this came up, and I like your definitions. Neon Genesis Posted November 23, Posted November 23, BillM Posted November 23, Posted November 23, edited. Nick, Yvonne, I appreciate your input on this. Further thoughts are, of course, welcome.
So I'm wondering how pluralism or relativism plays into this. Edited November 23, by Wayseeker. Thanks, Neon, that's very helpful. GeorgeW Posted November 23, Nick and Neon, I really liked your definitions. Nick the Nevermet Posted November 23, George, As I said, it's really an accusatory term. Mike Posted November 23, Peace, Mike Edited November 23, by Mike. I like Nick's distinction between relativism and pluralism.
Just because it is not hard and fast does not mean that it is relative. Take Care Dutch. This foundation generates ideas of justice, rights, and autonomy. However, as we reformulate the theory in based on new data, we are giving greater emphasis to proportionality , which is more strongly endorsed by conservatives ].
Marcus Borg I have no idea what relativism is. JosephM Posted November 23, Perhaps we are all the same in our own diverse ways of expression? Yvonne Posted November 23, I have some questions: Is pluralism a positive thing? Nick, Can you think of any societies in which the urbanites are generally less open minded tolerant than their rural counterparts?
Value pluralism says live and let live, with a huge exception. You cannot hurt others! An example which amplifies the difference is January 6, Relativism allows for what those people did that day.
Pluralism does not. I have much more to say on the matter, if you wish to communicate. One love…. Your email address is never shared. Posts from the Frontier Historical and missiological reflections on modernity, postmodernity, and what comes next.
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