Moral Relativism

Submitted by Stephen Berman (United States), Jul 24, 2003 at 09:59

The root cause of the West's foolishness is moral relativism, which is the philosophy of the leading universities and intellectuals in America as well as Europe.

Under this dumbed down ideology, the West can judge itself by Western values, but actions taken by other civilizations cannot be judged at all. We cannot impose our morality on them, they are free to engage in slavery, murder, and all manner of oppression to their hearts content.

The West will pay for this philosophy very dearly, and may not even survive. It is not too late to change, but I fear for the worst.

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