#relativism — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from George Orwell

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/17246/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #hypocrisy #justification #moralrelativism #motivation #nationalism #ourside #perspective #relativism #selfrighteousness #side #tribalism #tribe #usvsthem

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N8-3

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka #metaetiikka #metaethics #disagreement #erimielisyys #kiista #hyvä #paha #good #evil #bad #right #wrong #MorallyWrong #cognitivism #psychology #relativism #skepticism #realism #epistemology #uppsala

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N8-3

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka #metaetiikka #metaethics #disagreement #erimielisyys #kiista #hyvä #paha #good #evil #bad #right #wrong #MorallyWrong #cognitivism #psychology #relativism #skepticism #realism #epistemology #uppsala

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N8-3

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka #metaetiikka #metaethics #disagreement #erimielisyys #kiista #hyvä #paha #good #evil #bad #right #wrong #MorallyWrong #cognitivism #psychology #relativism #skepticism #realism #epistemology #uppsala

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N8-3

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka #metaetiikka #metaethics #disagreement #erimielisyys #kiista #hyvä #paha #good #evil #bad #right #wrong #MorallyWrong #cognitivism #psychology #relativism #skepticism #realism #epistemology #uppsala

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N8-3

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka #metaetiikka #metaethics #disagreement #erimielisyys #kiista #hyvä #paha #good #evil #bad #right #wrong #MorallyWrong #cognitivism #psychology #relativism #skepticism #realism #epistemology #uppsala

I witter on about Qualified Subjectivity. Ponder with me.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/16/qualified-subjectivism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

Why objective reality is an anachronistic myth.

#philosophy #politics #society #culture #mediation #truth #anythinggoes #relativism #subjectivity #language #semantics #ontology #epistemology #kant #phenomena #noumena #history #intetrfaces #blog #podcast

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 #𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞

ℂ𝕆𝕊𝕄𝕆ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕀𝕋𝔸ℕ

ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕

𝕍𝕠𝕝. 1

𝔸𝕍𝔸𝕀𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔼 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℝ𝔼𝕊

#ℂ𝕠𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕟 #𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 #ℂ𝕠𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕞 #𝕃𝕠𝕦𝕚𝕤𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚 #ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕞

Relativism greases the skids for illiberalism.
-- Bret Stephens (NYTimes JULY 20, 2017)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BretStephens #Illiberalism #Relativism

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

We’ve never lived on granite foundations. What we call “objectivity” in social and moral life is scaffolding: provisional, rhetorical, maintained through care, reciprocity, and revolt.

In my new essay, I map an operating model for reasoning without granite illusions — and argue for an ethic of repair.

Read the full post:
👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/24/stop-pretending-we-live-in-marble-halls/

#Philosophy #Ethics #MetaEthics #PhilosophyOfScience #Epistemology #MetaPhilosophy #SocialEpistemology #CriticalTheory #Subjectivism #Relativism

We’ve never lived on granite foundations. What we call “objectivity” in social and moral life is scaffolding: provisional, rhetorical, maintained through care, reciprocity, and revolt.

In my new essay, I map an operating model for reasoning without granite illusions — and argue for an ethic of repair.

Read the full post:
👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/24/stop-pretending-we-live-in-marble-halls/

#Philosophy #Ethics #MetaEthics #PhilosophyOfScience #Epistemology #MetaPhilosophy #SocialEpistemology #CriticalTheory #Subjectivism #Relativism

We’ve never lived on granite foundations. What we call “objectivity” in social and moral life is scaffolding: provisional, rhetorical, maintained through care, reciprocity, and revolt.

In my new essay, I map an operating model for reasoning without granite illusions — and argue for an ethic of repair.

Read the full post:
👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/24/stop-pretending-we-live-in-marble-halls/

#Philosophy #Ethics #MetaEthics #PhilosophyOfScience #Epistemology #MetaPhilosophy #SocialEpistemology #CriticalTheory #Subjectivism #Relativism

Beyond Subjective Truth: Restoring Objectivity in a Confused World
https://youtu.be/-f9KtuhxU7Q
#Truth #Relativism #ObjectiveReality #Freedom #Manipulation #Control #MoralDecay #Society #TruthSeeking #RadicalHonesty #Reality #FreedomVsControl #Illusion #Propaganda #SelfDeception #Power #Enlightenment #MentalClarity #Authenticity #PersonalResponsibility #DiscerningTruth #ReclaimingTruth

#JayGarfield - #Understanding #UltimateReality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0T1P6aQpAI

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Religion #Multiculturalism #Relativism #Colonialism #WesternPhilosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Racism #Chauvanism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

Aspernäs, J., Erlandsson, A., & Nilsson, A. (2023). Misperceptions in a post-truth world: Effects of subjectivism and cultural relativism on bullshit receptivity and conspiracist ideation. Journal of Research in Personality, 104394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104394 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #BehaviouralSciences #Learning #Education #Truth #Culture #Misinformation #Conspiracy #ConspiracyTheories #Theories
#Bullshit #Subjectivism #PostTruth #Relativism #Thinking #Academia #Academic #Academics

Some subjectivists and relativists need not agree to these statements from "measures" of subjectivism and relativism, raising questions about face validity. Can psychologists chat with philosophers before making scales like these?

#Subjectivism:
The truth does not exist
All subjective perceptions of a chain of events are equally true

#Relativism:
It is impossible to compare different cultures beliefs about reality in terms of "correctness"

From the Appendix of https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104394

#xPhi

#RaymondTallis - What is #Truth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhTG7etzlc&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #Logic #PhilosophyOfLogic #Assertions #States #StatesOfAffairs #Belief #JTB #JustifiedTrueBelief #Pragmatism #Minimalism #Predicate #Predicates #Relativism #Noumenal #Ontological #Kant #Kantian #DingAnSich #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

Great reading!

Self-Actualization and the Myth of Personal Growth ,
a.k.a.

"How the counterculture surrendered communal well-being to individual enlightenment"

https://medium.com/team-human/self-actualization-and-the-myth-of-personal-growth-67c12e5310f3

#egoism #relativism #consumerism #nichilism #flatness #harmony #senseMaking #meaning #capitalism #individualism #newAge #socialJustice

Stuff to know in these complex times:

Engineering Illusions Part I: Religion and Technology https://techinsider100.medium.com/engineering-illusions-part-i-religion-and-technology-c1c7714bb9de

#religion #bigTech #solutionism #meGeneration #meaning #senseMaking #flatness #innovation #siliconValley #newAge #singularity #artificialIntelligence #relativism

The Fantasy Of Political Intimacy, a.k.a "the dream of concord that keeps us politically stalled"

https://www.noemamag.com/the-fantasy-of-political-intimacy/ #politics #democracy #senseMaking #meaning #flatness #relativism #egoism #polarization