Relativism

Moral relativism is the product of the ascension of subjectivism over objectivism. Objective truth is called into question so routinely today that most agree that everyone has his own truth and that people should tell their truth, and so one is not surprised to find the case of a biologically male swimmer winning competitions against biologically female swimmers against whom he is able to compete because he identifies as a she and is therefore telling his own truth. This is perhaps an extreme case of moral relativism. But it shows the extent to which objectivity is not favored. Even the nominee for Supreme Court Justice stated before Congress that she could not define woman because she is not a biologist. Does that mean she admits that gender is biological and not a mere social construct? Does it mean she is unwilling to define woman because it would be evidence of using objectivity, which is out of fashion? Does it mean she is unable to say whether she herself is a woman? What does it mean? Rather than help one answer questions, relativism...

What values do people give priority to? What ideals do they care most about? These are what they will turn to in order to justify the morality of their actions. It is what happens...…shadows on the walls of the cave, who is to say we are wrong to do so? Relativism gives us the right to do what we like. The stubborn doctor of Ibsens play wants to insist the he is right and wants to be heardand what does it get him? He is ostracized. So then we learn that insisting on truth causes one to receive pain and suffering.

And yet in the end, there will be sickness and there will be deathand one might like a little hope, a little light, a little comfort at the end of it. Then it might matter what culture it is one has. For not all cultures offer the same…