relativists
No absolutes believers
Relativists are people who hold that truth, morality, or values depend on context rather than being absolute or universal.
A moral relativist argues that ethical standards vary by culture or situation.
The term often carries a critical edge—opponents accuse relativists of having no firm principles: The senator dismissed the professors as relativists who wouldn't call anything wrong.
Concerning right conduct
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- epistemicRelating to knowledge
- postmodernistsSkeptics of metanarratives
- constructivistsLearners who build knowledge
nihilists · skeptics · pluralists · pragmatists · Foucault · conventionalists · deconstructionists
Right and wrong principles
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
norms · cultural · anthropologists · Wong · descriptivists · normative · metaethics · disagreement
Byword for genius
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- observersThose who watch events
spacetime · Lorentz · motion · velocity · reference · inertial · measurements · clocks
Those holding unconditional views
- objectivistsRational egoism adherents
- universalistsBelievers in common principles
- realistsThose accepting things as-is
- dogmatistsBelievers in fixed principles
essentialists · naturalists · rationalists · Platonists · theists · moralists · traditionalists · conservatives
moral
Concerning right conduct
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- epistemicRelating to knowledge
- postmodernistsSkeptics of metanarratives
constructivists · nihilists · skeptics · pluralists · pragmatists · Foucault · conventionalists · deconstructionists
morality
Right and wrong principles
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
judgment · norms · cultural · anthropologists · Wong · descriptivists · normative · metaethics · disagreement · diversity
Einstein
Byword for genius
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- framesRigid enclosing structures
observers · spacetime · Lorentz · motion · velocity · reference · inertial · measurements · clocks · mechanics
absolutists
Those holding unconditional views
- objectivistsRational egoism adherents
- universalistsBelievers in common principles
- realistsThose accepting things as-is
dogmatists · essentialists · naturalists · rationalists · Platonists · theists · moralists · traditionalists · conservatives · opponents
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
relativistsabsolutists
Those holding unconditional views
universalists · objectivists · essentialists · dogmatists · fundamentalists
relativistsdogmatists
Believers in fixed principles
doctrinaires · fundamentalists · ideologues · true believers · zealots
- moral relativismValues vary by context
- relativistic effectsHigh-velocity physical distortions
- cultural relativismUnderstanding norms within their context