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Hi Maureen,
Yes! in the sense that each one of the last three all have some aspect of Moral Relativism.
With Moral Relativism,
there are no absolute truths. Nothing is absolutely right or absolutely wrong. What is true and right [or false and wrong] is relative to the individual's opinion of what he or she considers true and right [or false and wrong]. What set of truths
is true for you, Maureen, is different for me, and the moral relativist says this is OK.
This, of course, would lead to chaos because people could:
- drive through red lights
- kill who ever they wished, or
- steel money that was not theirs
and consider it a truth or good.
The Church has always condemned this way of thinking under the phrase: The ends don't justify the means, meaning because there is a good, or even holy, end to an action, a sinful means can never be used. The main point in Moral Relativism is each person has his or her
own set of truths.
Jesus tells us He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, but the moral relativist says, the heck with Jesus and the Church He founded on St. Peter — I, the moral relativist, am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Sounds crazy to me :)
At some point in a person's life, objective truth becomes unimportant, or sadly, they were never taught that there was such a reality as objective truth.
We have answered a specific question on Christian Meditation that you may find interesting:
Hope this helps,
Mike
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