Full Idea
We must distinguish between pluralism and relativism about values. Pluralists accept that the validity of cultural and personal values is relative to societies and individuals. But they also hold that human values are objectively valid.
Gist of Idea
Relativists say all values are relative; pluralists concede much of that, but not 'human' values
Source
John Kekes (The Human Condition [2010], 09.4)
Book Reference
Kekes,John: 'The Human Condition' [OUP 2010], p.201
A Reaction
This is a very attractive response to global moral relativism. I see a problem in the neat division into three distinct forms of value. Each of the three sets of values ought to be sensitive to the other two areas. Humans are cultured individuals.
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