American Thinker: Dr. Tom Barron- 'The Left's Moral Relativism'

Source:American Thinker- they really should change the name of their publication.

“This liberal commentary is a perfect example of the moral relativism that is a part of the liberal/progressive belief system dominating our educational system, mainstream media, and current government.

Morals are an inculcated set of universal social principles that promote the survival and progress of people and societies. They function as a guide to individual conduct in a societal context. Morals are the standard by which we are able to distinguish right from wrong, good from bad. If one were to query the word “moral”, one would find synonyms such as ethical, good, honest, decent, proper, honorable, and just.

Moral Relativism is the precarious philosophical position that moral judgments are different across different people and different cultures. The terms “good” and “bad,” “right” and “wrong” do not stand subject to universal truth conditions, rather they are relative to the traditions, practices and views of the group or society in which they are constructed.

Consistent with the utopian, radical egalitarian core of their belief system, liberal/progressives believe that no group or society is better than any other, and that the different moral views held by others cannot be judged as superior or inferior, or right or wrong. Furthermore, they believe that one must tolerate the behavior of others even when one disagrees about the morality of that behavior.

The egalitarian appeal of moral relativism is exemplified in the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, who stated that the problem of morality is that those who were considered “good” were the powerful nobles who had more education, and considered themselves better than anyone below their rank. They determined the standards to perpetuate their values and status. This theory nicely reinforces the narrative of class warfare between oppressors and the oppressed that so animates the liberal/progressive impulse.”

From The American Thinker

Myself as a Liberal and I believe I speak for all Liberals (at least Classical Liberals) when I say that morality is about how we treat each other, especially how we treat innocent people. Do we treat people the way that we want to be treated, especially the innocent, or do we intentionally hurt people, especially innocent people and do we enjoy hurting people.

The reason why we have jails and prisons in America is because we have people aren’t moral, or at least aren’t very moral. Perhaps they weren’t raised right or there’s just something about them that makes them want to hurt people and perhaps they live without a conscience.

What we do with our personal lives with our own bodies and minds, is our business. Not the business of big government or religious fundamentalists. Sleeping with people consensually before marriage, doesn’t make you immoral. But robbing someone’s home does. Or raping someone, murdering someone, etc. There’s no such thing as moral relativism when it comes to the actions that involve someone hutting and innocent person. But what we do with our own time, with our own bodies and minds, is our business, just as long as we aren’t hurting any innocent person with what we are doing. 

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