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The Closing of the American Mind
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The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students is a 1987 book by the philosopher Allan Bloom, in which the author criticizes
Cover of the first edition
Cover of the first edition
Moral relativism
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Moral relativism or ethical relativism is used to describe several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral judgments across different peoples and cultures. An advocate of such
The Closing of the American Mind
…States and how he sees it is failing its students, criticizing modern movements in philosophy and the humanities. Throughout the book, he attacks the moral relativism that he claims has taken over American universities for the barrier it constructs to the notions of truth, critical thinking, and genuine knowledge…
Scottish philosopher David Hume—his thinking was influential in the development of relativism.[citation needed]
Scottish philosopher David Hume—his thinking was influential in the development of relativism.[citation needed]