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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Ethics > Ethical Relativism
Humanities > Philosophy > Morals > Ethics > Ethical Relativism
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Psychology, Social > Morals > Ethics > Ethical Relativism
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Social > Morals > Ethics > Ethical Relativism

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Ethical Relativism  

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  • The philosophical view that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed)

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