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Absolutism: Absolutism in philosophy asserts that certain principles, ideas, or moral values are universally true and valid, independent of cultural, historical, or individual perspectives. It posits objective and unchanging truths that apply universally and are not subject to relativism or interpretation.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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John Kekes on Absolutism - Dictionary of Arguments

Gaus I 133
Absolutism/Kekes/Gaus: Absolutists believe that the diversity of values is apparent, not real. They concede that there are many values, but they think that there is a universal and objective standard that can be appealed to in evaluating their respective importance. This standard may be a highest value, the summum bonum; other values can be ranked on the basis of their contribution to its realization. The highest value may be happiness, duty, God's will, a life of virtue, and so forth.
Absolutism often has a rationalistic basis. For the most frequently offered reason in favour of the universality and objectivity of the standard that absolutists regard as the highest is that it reflects the moral order of reality.
VsAbsolutism: It is a considerable embarrassment to absolutists that the candidates for universal and objective standards are also diverse, and thus face the same problems as the values whose diversity is supposed to be diminished by them.
AbsolutismVsVs: Absolutists acknowledge this, and explain it in terms of human shortcomings
that prevent people from recognizing the one and true standard.
>Conservatism/Kekes
, >Values/Conservatism.

Kekes, John 2004. „Conservtive Theories“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Kekes, John
Gaus I
Gerald F. Gaus
Chandran Kukathas
Handbook of Political Theory London 2004


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