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Relativism

If good and evil were fixed, absolute conceptions, life would be lot
simpler. But frequently, we must acknowledge that what is excellent
in one circumstance may be evil in another. As moral relativism
becomes more prevalent, we are losing our sense of what is right and
wrong. This ethical principle rejects the duality of the conceptions of
"good" and "evil" and does not acknowledge the existence of
inescapable, unalterable moral categories and rules.

In contrast to moral absolutism, moral relativism rejects the idea


that there are unalterable, universal moral principles and norms.
The situation, not morality, is what takes precedence, not the other
way around. In other words, the context of an action is equally as
significant as the action itself.

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