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'''Moral relativism''' is the theory that moral standards vary from society to society, and from time to time in history. Under this theory, ethical principles are not universal and are instead social products. This theory argues that there is no objective moral order or absolute [[truth]]. Indeed, variability in what is seen as moral is seen throughout history: with the genocide of the Jews by the Nazi Party, the enslavement of the African people by both European and American powers, the persecution (including torture and murder) of Christians during Roman times and in Communist states, as well as the torture, imprisonment, and murder of scientists during the Eighteenth century by the Catholic Church, all justified by the perpetrators in moral terms.
'''Moral relativism''' is the theory that moral standards vary from society to society, and from time to time in history. Under this theory, ethical principles are not universal and are instead social products. This theory argues that there is no objective moral order or absolute [[truth]]. Indeed, variability in what is seen as moral is seen throughout history: with the genocide of the Jews by the Nazi Party, the enslavement of the African people by both European and American powers, the persecution (including torture and murder) of Christians during Roman times and in Communist states, as well as the torture, imprisonment, and murder of scientists during the Eighteenth century by the Catholic Church, all justified by the perpetrators in moral terms. For example, Hitler justified his racial policies by saying:
:''The greatest achievements in intellectual life can never be produced by those of alien race but only by those who are inspired by the Aryan or German spirit. In view of the narrowness of the space within which German intellectual work and German intellectual workers have to live they had a natural moral claim to precedence and preference.''[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/statements.htm]
In recent times, according to the [[Discovery Institute]]:
In recent times, according to the [[Discovery Institute]]:
:Moral relativism was uncritically adopted by much of the [[social sciences]], and it still under girds much of modern [[economics]], [[political science]], [[psychology]] and [[sociology]]. [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?id=349]
:''Moral relativism was uncritically adopted by much of the [[social sciences]], and it still under girds much of modern [[economics]], [[political science]], [[psychology]] and [[sociology]].'' [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?id=349]
==Examples of Moral Relativism==
==Examples of Moral Relativism==