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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: St_Bill who wrote (30130)	9/28/2001 9:20:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 82486

You discount the work it takes to be a relativist. It takes a certain amount of work to see the point of view of the World Trade Center terrorists, for example. But seeing their position and being a relativist doesn't make you some sort of lazy relativist unless that is what you choose to be. After all, relativism allows you to be as athletic and muscular in your choice of actions and morals as you want to be. Relativism only really means that you recognize- even while making your choice -lazy or not- that your choice is relative to who you are, and possibly to the group to which you belong. It seems undeniable to me that we make choices about what is true and what is moral based on who we are, and how we were raised. Of course as a relativist I realize other people don't see it this way. And I try very athletically not to think they are nuts.