kickerdad - , reviewed on 9/29/2024 + 123 more book reviews

"You do you." We've all heard it. For me, this phrase makes my skin crawl. It shows a lack of desire for truth, a lack of interest in me as an individual, and an overall egocentrism that that shouts "I'm the most important". Behind it - a relativistic mindset that puts everyone opinions on equal footing. Sorry folks that's not the real world.
Thought relativism was dying out? With today's current moralistic sounding claims of 'you should...' or 'all reasonable people think ...' with each new bold proclamation, it sure sounds like it. In "The New Relativism : Unmasking the Philosophy of Today's Woke Moralists" by Karlo Boussard outlines three classes of relativistic thinking - Total, Moral, Cultural - summarizing the "thou shalts" of our current time, identifying how they are relativism in disguise and refutes the claims with logic and reasoning.
"The New Relativism" is thoughtfully organized and structured but not the quickest of reads. It will require some time to extract some of the nuance that Broussard presents. But fortunately, it centers around current event topics that we are all familiar with and illustrates the concepts well. [4/5]

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