Full Idea
Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will.
Gist of Idea
Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.65)
Book Reference
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'The World as Will and Idea', ed/tr. Berman,Jill and David [Everyman 1995], p.224
A Reaction
A nice way of stating the core of moral relativism. To me, though, it just seems a rejection of morality. Conflicting wills bring moral paralysis. Might is right.