The claim that there is no one standard for truth and falsehood that is valid for everyone is rooted most deeply in the desire of the fallen human mind to be free from all authority and to enjoy the exaltation of self. Relativism is not a coherent philosophical system. It is riddled with contradictions both logical and experiential. Sophomores in college know that something is fishy when someone claims that it is true that all truths are relative. And every businessman knows that philosophical relativists park their relativism at the door when they go into the bank and read the language of the contract they are about to sign. People don't embrace relativism because it is philosophically satisfying. They embrace it because it is physically and emotionally gratifying. It provides the cover that they need to do what they want.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Piper on Relativism
From this post on the DGM blog:
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2 comments:
Wow this is true. America is worse than Japan in this!
Hi, actually I found relativism a lot more than just suspect sophistry. What's your conclusion when you find out that the relativist intelligentsia don't care at all that there are oxymora and paradoxes at every turn? It took me months of investigation, but I think I'm there. You can check out my reports on URL http://millennium-notes.blogspot.com/
Cheers and God bless, Cassandra
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