#relativism
- Absolutism — 1. A political regime characterized by the total and unrestricted concentration of power in the hands of a single sovereign (monarch); autocracy. 2. In moral philosophy and ethics (ethical absolutism), a doctrine or stance holding that moral standards, values, and norms are objective, universal, eternal, and immutable, being applicable to all people across all cultures and historical eras, in direct opposition to relativism.
- Absolutist — 1. A person who supports, promotes, or applies the principles of political or ethical absolutism. 2. Adjective characterizing an autocratic political regime, a doctrine opposed to relativism, or an inflexible attitude. In moral philosophy, proponents of an absolutist stance consider ethical norms to be objective and universally valid, rejecting the idea that truth or virtue depends on context, culture, or social utility.
- Adiaphorized — Having become indifferent from a moral or spiritual standpoint; a fact, habit, or individual that has undergone a process of adiaphorization, now considered devoid of implications of ethical merit or guilt. In a broad sense, it describes the state of a structurally neutralized concept, stripped of its prior dogmatic weight and viewed with objective detachment.
- Amoralism — A philosophical doctrine or attitude based on the negation of absolute moral values and norms, asserting that human actions or cognitive criteria must be evaluated completely independently of concepts such as virtue or sin. This current is often correlated with ethical nihilism, radical relativism, or interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy.