“Philosophical relativism and the primacy of praxis”
(accepted practice or custom) “inevitably lead to ethical relativism, according
to which there are no moral absolutes.” I
agree completely with this opening statement by Jose Ureta in Chapter Six of
Paradigm Shift. Yet Pope Francis seems
to say it’s not a real problem.
Responding to Eugenio Scalfari who asked, “Your Holiness, is there a
single vision of the Good? And who
decides what it is?” Francis responded,
“Each of us has a vision of
good and of evil. We have to encourage
people to move toward what they think is Good….
…..everyone has his own idea
of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he
conceives them.”
