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relativism

/rel-uh-tuh-viz-uhm/US // ˈrɛl ə təˌvɪz əm //UK // (ˈrɛlətɪˌvɪzəm) //

相对主义,相对论,相對主義,相對主義者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Philosophy.

    • : any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.

Examples

  • We needn’t choose between wide-open moral relativism and a rigid insistence that there is just one right way to live.

  • In a few neat sentences, Perry turns the idea of moral obligation into moral relativism.

  • But no spineless relativism is necessary to recognize that, for most human beings, realness comes in various flavors.

  • But in bilateral human-rights dialogues, the Chinese continue to insist on cultural and historical relativism.

  • Not too long ago, that idea was kind of out of vogue, and moral relativism was the rage.

  • Andrew Roberts on how moral relativism is keeping bad guys from getting what they deserve.

  • Jefferson's relativism is even more clearly marked in the last chapter, which forms the real conclusion of the book.

  • If this one exception is granted, the whole illusory universe of relativism is overthrown.

  • The inevitable consequence is that we imprison ourselves hopelessly in the affirmation of Kantian relativism.

  • The former view is relativism, the latter is absolutism, in the matter of truth.