16th October 2010, 09:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 16th October 2010, 09:44 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
diggingthedirt Wrote:On a completely unrelated point, can someone explain this pluralism thing to me please? Particularly the difference between that and relativism...
Chalk and cheese!!
Relativism: the philosophy that nothing has an absolute value only value relative to other stuff. Example: the Icelandic kronur. Has no value whatsoever in the real world, but has a relative value as a unit of exchange in Iceland and Icelandic overseas dependencies
Pluralism: the philosophy that a number of 'values' might be of equal consideration, validity and foundation even if they appear to be contrary. Example: the US dollar. Not legal currency in Cuba, Iran, North Korea and China. The antithesis of much of what each of those nations 'stands' for, yet likely to be considered as equal, valid in exchange and fundamental as a unit of monetary exchange alongside the local currency.
Probably crap examples but I was just trying to illustrate a point....
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