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Ruth Benedict, Patterns of Culture (1934, reissued 1989), is an anthropological case for ethical relativism. A philosophical defense of ethical relativism is Gilbert Harman, Explaining Value and Other Esssays in Moral Philosophy (2000). Thomas Nagel, The Last Word (1997), is a philosophical critique of relativism of all kinds, including ethical relativism. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals, trans. from German (1887), is his most accessible book. Charles L. Stevenson, Ethics and Language (1944, reprinted 1979), argues that ethical language is used to express and influence attitudes rather than to state facts.
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Santa Clara University - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - Ethical Relativism. | Sep 05, 2025 | ||
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| Add new Web site: Santa Clara University - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - Ethical Relativism. | Jul 24, 2015 | ||
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