Moving on to the third port – of doubt – we find Socrates, some of the Sophists, such as Protagoras, and members of two schools of skepticism, the Pyrrhonists and the Academic Skeptics. The basic idea ...

But I think contextualisation does exert pressure toward moral relativisation. Moreover, history offers more than adequate evidence of moral relativism. Hamas evidently believes it is morally upright ...

Instead, it’s a story about humanity and inhumanity sharing the same space; about moral universalism versus moral relativism; about recurring and repeating cycles of violence — violence ...

Much like Hadrian, he also participated in the mysteries of Demeter in Ephesus. He spent many years studying and developing his rhetorical skill. This was during the time of the Sophists when debate ...

April 11, 2025 The Tariff Week From Hell. Plus, the Bluesky CEO Reimagines Social Media. April 11, 2025 • The president’s on-again, off-again tariffs are wreaking havoc on the economy. On this ...

Dagen McDowell will round out the business day programming from 6-7 PM/ET with The Bottom Line taking on the hotly debated issues in the business and political world. She will bring a blend of ...

Rand had little patience for modern philosophy, which she saw as a dunghill of subjectivity and moral relativism. According to Rand, the truth was knowable and could be discovered through reason ...

What are the Economic Stakes in the Canadian Election? Two economists consider a handful of issues that have come up in the federal election campaign. Then, a dual citizen's perspective on Canada-U.S.

Without this transcendent foundation, morality becomes merely preference or convention—precisely the relativism that plagues modern discourse. The moral certainty Smith aspires to cannot be ...