NCJ Number
121195
Journal
Justice Professional Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (Fall 1989) Pages: 207-222
Date Published
1989
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This paper explores the implications of moral relativism/moral absolutism as this issue emerges within the applied course in Criminal Justice ethics.
Abstract
The argument developed here holds that moral relativism and moral absolutism can be analyzed conceptually in terms of the fact value dichotomy and a specific sense of the term relativism. The paper proceeds on the assumption that the dynamics of the Criminal Justice ethics course is better understood within the framework of the following question: What is the nature of human action and its relation to belief and knowledge? (Author abstract)