A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF MORAL RELATIVISM AND WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR VALUES EDUCATION
A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF MORAL RELATIVISM AND WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR VALUES EDUCATION
Author(s): Gerhard ZechaSubject(s): Psychology
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: moral relativism; moral value; objective and subjective values; values education; value universalism.
Summary/Abstract: Moral relativism is a widespread phenomenon today supported by a number of well-known arguments or conjectures. In sections 1 to 8, I describe eight such conjectures and present my refutations against them. In the following section 9, I explain how and why moral values are facts that can be known. Also, I suggest a number of aims or objectives for values education and emphasize the limits of such an undertaking.
Journal: Anuarul Institutului de Istorie »George Baritiu« din Cluj-Napoca - Seria HUMANISTICA
- Issue Year: VIII/2010
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 53-70
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English