absolutism
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- noun
- /ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪ.zəm/
- Formal
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absolutismo
- At an extratextual level, both plays reflect their authors' divergent views on the dangers of unchecked absolutism.
- ethical absolutism
- nature of absolutism
This clash between reasons, internalism and moral absolutism is called the central problem.
- This clash between reasons, internalism and moral absolutism is called the central problem.
- The schools that stressed how they were, we could say empirical or existential or pick whatever you want, and that they were getting away from absolutism.
Examples
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Only someone coming from a conservative religious background would favor ethical absolutism.
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This clash between reasons, internalism and moral absolutism is called the central problem.
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Common sense suggests that the "democracy" of one ideology is the "absolutism" of another.
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We point out those things when you posit that moral absolutism is based on divine commands.
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In large part, this is because they harbor various misconceptions about ethical absolutism.
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A number of misconceptions surround absolutism, and students fall victim to these misconceptions.
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There are some people who reject both absolutism and relativism and adhere to a relative absolute.
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Students are mistaken, though, if they think advocacy of ethical absolutism requires people to be publicly intolerant in the manner just described.
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Yet the former three are characterized as "absolutisms," whereas the latter enjoy the status of "stable democracies."
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Philosophers often debate whether ethical absolutism can exist without a divine basis.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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The idea that truth and moral rules depend on culture, society, or time
- Specialized
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A belief that what is true and what is good depends on a person's feelings or experience
How Absolute
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absolutism comes from the same root absolute, from ab- 'from' and solvere 'to loosen', giving the sense of something 'whole' and not depending on anything else. So in philosophy absolutism is the belief that truth or reality is 'absolute' and does not depend on other things.