Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
No age has been more prone to confuse the sin with the sinner, not by hating the sinner along with the sin… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“How do we pick and choose where to get involved? Canada and other peacekeeping nations have become accustomed to acting if, and… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“This is a speech we've all heard before. From the con artists who aren't like the burglars, who aren't like the armed… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
No leader will fight for values, for principles, if their government is a value-free vacuum. Moral relativism is morally wrong. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Believe me, Eugenie, the words "vice" and "virtue" supply us only with local meanings. There is no action, however bizarre you may… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
I have a whole section of a filing cabinet in my office full of ideas. Some are ideas for books or articles… — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
“Focusing on the public school system, former Secretary of Education, William Bennett explains the moral crisis in that institution by contrasting the… — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
“The passage that he had found in the book had been riddled with ambiguities and contradictions only reserved for those most valiant… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“All ethics and morals are culturally relative. And Esme's reaction taught me that while cultural relativism is an easy concept to process… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
“[T]he very multiculturalism and multiethnicity that brought Salman to the West, and that also made us richer by Hanif Kureishi, Nadeem Aslam,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Their quarry had been cornered in his defenses and their bloodlust was such that they were likely to pay top Julep to… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, one looked to society -- or class, or community -- for one's normative vocabulary: what was good for… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
No culture in history has ever embraced moral relativism and survived. Our own culture, therefore, will either (1) be the first, and… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image