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Drag Queens and the Incoherence of Moral Relativism
American Thinker ^ | 24 Jun, 2022 | David Weinberger

Posted on 06/24/2022 4:34:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Moral relativism dulls our critical thinking and enables noxious ideologies like those that seek to normalize pedophilia and drag queen performances in our education system.

It is a sign of our times that movements have emerged to teach pedophilia in schools and to subject children to drag queen performances. Perversions like this are borne of an insidious attitude known as moral relativism.

As the term suggests, moral relativism is the belief that morality is subjective rather than objective. That is, what is right and wrong varies from person to person instead of emerging from a fixed universal standard, meaning that there are no ultimate moral truths. Before examining why such a view is incoherent, it is worth considering why ordinary people have been seduced into believing it. There are two major reasons. The first is that, because there is widespread disagreement about matters of right and wrong, morality is assumed to be subjective. The second stems from a pervasive attitude that it is “intolerant” to uphold a fixed standard of morality. Both reasons are flimsy.

Take the first. There is no doubt that across cultures and throughout history, individuals and even societies have differed over what constitutes right and wrong. But that hardly proves that morality is “subjective.” Consider that nearly every one of us recognizes that slavery is wrong, even though it was widely practiced in the past. But do we regard it as wrong merely because society today tells us that it is, or do we know that it is wrong intrinsically? Put another way, if slavery were reinstituted by popular vote tomorrow, would we accept such an outcome without reservation, or would we recognize it as an abomination? The simple fact is that we cannot help but know core moral truths, no matter how confused

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; communism; homosexualagenda

1 posted on 06/24/2022 4:34:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

There is a never-ending battle between good and evil. Evil depends on those too lazy to see it.


2 posted on 06/24/2022 4:34:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 06/24/2022 4:40:38 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

:)


4 posted on 06/24/2022 5:11:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“moral relativism is the belief that morality is subjective rather than objective.”

Grade “AAAAA” Bullshit


5 posted on 06/24/2022 5:34:24 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MtnClimber
"Moral relativism" is so-o-o-o 20th century.

Inverted Puritanism is the current thing. They are self righteous about their evil.

6 posted on 06/24/2022 5:50:04 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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Face it the ultimate goal of this LGBTQ bull shit is legalizing sex with minors.


7 posted on 06/24/2022 6:10:17 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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HORRIBLE PARENTS.


8 posted on 06/24/2022 6:29:06 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Salman

Brilliant observation.


9 posted on 06/24/2022 6:29:55 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: MtnClimber

No. The moral relativism is just the first stage to confuse kids and students, so that their capitalist and traditional family values cane be scraped off, and their souls filled with the magic elixir of socialism.


10 posted on 06/24/2022 7:21:54 AM PDT by BEJ
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To: kenmcg

Yep


11 posted on 06/24/2022 7:26:45 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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