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Article: Moral Relativism, Moral Diversity, and Human Relationships.(Book Review)
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- Theological Studies
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- March 1, 2003
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By James Kellenberger. University Park, Penn.: Pennsylvania State University, 2001. Pp. xi + 236. $35.
Kellenberger, a philosopher, seeks a middle position between relativism and absolutism in ethics by redefining Kantian "respect for persons" in terms of personal relationships. Engaging mostly contemporary philosophical interlocutors, especially John Kekes (The Morality of Pluralism, 1993), K. argues that relationships, taking similar basic forms across cultures (friendship, marriage), are the ground and standard of morality. Relationships between persons should always embody basic equality. Yet personal relationships permit and even require diverse particular ...