Maybe Moral Relativism Can Make Way For Moral Realism

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 12:40 in Psychology & Sociology

No one thinks much about morality these days, besides it being a personal metric. Once postmodernists and moral relativists took over philosophy, it became overrun with amateur ponderings. Now it has social psychologists seeking to bring back some objectivity. Getting people to think about morality as objective facts rather than subjective preferences may lead to improved moral behavior, Boston College academics write in a new paper. read more

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