Vol. 23 No. 2 (2003)
Articles

Una defensa de la dimensión temporal del relativismo ético

Published 2003-11-01

Keywords

  • Ética,
  • Relativismo ético,
  • Tiempo
  • Ethics,
  • Moral relativism,
  • Time

Abstract

Suppose that we can affirm that the principle "Do not halm others without their consent" is a universally valid moral principle. This assertion, however, does'nt completely undermine moral relativism, because the theory has also a temporal dimension. An action, or an institution (e. g. slavery) can be judged right for the remote past and v.;rong for the XXI century. This papel' tries to show the plausibility of the temporal dimension of moral relativism.