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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 [[holocaust]]-[[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 [[scientist]]s 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 [[immigrant|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]
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