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Relativism : feet firmly planted in mid-air / Francis J. Beckwith and Gregory Koukl.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c1998.Description: 188 p. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801058066 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 171.7/BEC
Contents:
Introduction: Who are you to judge?
Part 1. Understanding relativism. The death of truth -- What is moral relativism? -- Three kinds of relativism.
Part 2. Critiquing relativism. Culture as morality -- Culture defining morality -- Moral common sense -- Relativism's seven fatal flaws.
Part 3. Relativism and education. Values clarification -- Relativism's offspring: political correctness and multiculturalism -- On the road to barbarism
Part 4. Relativism and public policy. Relativism and the law -- Relativism and the meaning of marriage -- Relativism and the meaning of life.
Part 5. Responding to relativism. Tactics to refute relativism -- Monkey morality -- Why morality?
Review: "Although the growth of relativism has become one of the dominant issues of our age, this book is one of the few practical works available that deals with these concerns. The authors begin with a survey of the rising tide of relativism in recent decades, which, after starting in university and academic circles, has filtered down to many aspects of everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Who are you to judge?

Part 1. Understanding relativism. The death of truth -- What is moral relativism? -- Three kinds of relativism.

Part 2. Critiquing relativism. Culture as morality -- Culture defining morality -- Moral common sense -- Relativism's seven fatal flaws.

Part 3. Relativism and education. Values clarification -- Relativism's offspring: political correctness and multiculturalism -- On the road to barbarism

Part 4. Relativism and public policy. Relativism and the law -- Relativism and the meaning of marriage -- Relativism and the meaning of life.

Part 5. Responding to relativism. Tactics to refute relativism -- Monkey morality -- Why morality?

"Although the growth of relativism has become one of the dominant issues of our age, this book is one of the few practical works available that deals with these concerns. The authors begin with a survey of the rising tide of relativism in recent decades, which, after starting in university and academic circles, has filtered down to many aspects of everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.

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