Difference between revisions of "Moral absolutism"

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-==Overview==
+#redirect [[moralism]]
-[[Category:Concepts]][[Moral absolutism]] is "the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act." (-{{wpref|Moral absolutism}})
-In other words:
-* The morality of an act does not depend on the act's context
-* (Implied) The standards against which all acts are judged does not change over time
-Concepts in opposition to moral absolutism therefore include:
-* [[moral relativism]], which states that morality only exists relative to social, cultural, historical or personal references.
-* the idea that standards of morality can (or should) evolve when challenged by new understanding
-* [[moral consequentialism]], i.e. the idea that an act's morality depends solely on the ''consequences'' of that act (it's not clear whether said consequences must be the act's ''intended'' consequences as well)
-==Reference==
-* {{wikipedia|Moral absolutism}}