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Showing posts with label absolutes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label absolutes. Show all posts

Friday, November 12, 2010

You May Disagree, But There ARE Absolute Truths

Situational ethics and cultural relativism are all the rage nowadays.

Both schools of thought are based on the multi-faceted premise that there is no absolute truth; nothing is fundamentally right or wrong but is merely a matter of personal preferences and our conduct should be driven by each unique situation rather than some arbitrary forced moral code.

We’ve all heard the popular statement and current buzz phrase, “Every person needs to define right and wrong for him or herself.”

That all sounds good, inclusive, warm, tolerant and is really politically correct, but there is one problem with that premise – it doesn’t work in real life.

If you truly believe there are no absolutes and “right and wrong” are merely societal/cultural constructs that are foisted upon the masses to keep them under control than I would like to ask you one question…..