Absolutism and Relativism

... Absolutism and Relativism Objective moral truths In certain moral situations, it is thought by absolutists that a moral truth is objective, which is that it is thought that certain moral situations are either intrinsically right or wrong. This moral truth is universal and unchanging in all circumstances, cultures, times and places. Plato was an absolutist and he thought that as well as things being inherently right and wrong, he thought that goodness itself really exists beyond this world. The highest form, the form of goodness provoked the question of 'What is goodness itself?". Plato thought that goodness itself was the highest form of reality, which is an objective or absolute thing that existed eternally, beyond our limited world. He valued goodness very highly, comparing it to having the same importance that the sun has. Plato thought that every moral situation was either right or wrong, and that our minds which were

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