Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Ethics?

An interesting critique on post modernism. The author suggest that a denial of universalism is a privilege that westerners can afford to take because of their relative safety globally speaking. While agree that there is an aspect of priveilege at work in post modernism the author did not consider... more

Reviewed by womanistmusings Oct 24 2008, 10:49am ( 3 reviews ) • blogspot.com

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Rated by revellian on Mar 17 2009, 5:45am

?An interesting critique on post modernism
Rated by womanistmusings on Oct 24 2008, 10:49am

An interesting critique on post modernism. The author suggest that a denial of universalism is a privilege that westerners can afford to take because of their relative safety globally speaking. While agree that there is an aspect of priveilege at work in post modernism the author did not consider that refusing to morally judge also means a removal of a western way of understanding or encoding the world. Though this is a complex issue this is well written and asks some thought provoking questions.
Rated by mintywhite on Oct 24 2008, 10:26am

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