Moreover, if such acceptance requires retrofitting the Gospel, ignoring the Magisterium, and diving into the quicksand pits of
moral subjectivism, I don't think you'll find too many folks interested: in Africa, or elsewhere, for that matter.
I'm sorry, my friend, but you can not live consistently using
moral subjectivism.
You can not live consistently using
moral subjectivism.
Not exact matches
As Catholics become more and more concerned with their personal identity, the ideals and
morals of the Universal Church begin to disintegrate when faced with the «
subjectivism, relativism, emotivism, and nihilism so much in fashion in Western democracies today.»
Wary of the dangers that radical
subjectivism and
moral fanaticism pose for social solidarity and cultural coexistence, he urges us to practice humility, civility, and humor in our political dealings while holding fast to core principles such as individual freedom and human rights.
Buber, through his dialogical philosophy, avoids not only the «objectivism» of the
moral absolutists but also the «
subjectivism» of the cultural relativists.
Catholics acknowledge an infallible authority in questions of both dogma and
morals, whereas Protestants possess no objective rule for either but are buffeted to and fro by the winds of
subjectivism and error.
The first, of course, is that the
subjectivism and emotivism of the psychological strategy — so pervasive in all models and institutions of
moral instruction — reflects a
moral cosmology that is not so universal after all.
If this recognition can not be commonly agreed to, ethical
subjectivism will pervade any society that has become aware of each individual's equal right to judge
moral codes, as is inherent in the Western liberal or democratic notion of civil justice.