"Ethical Relativism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The philosophical view that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed)
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D028781
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.116 N05.350.247
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethical Relativism" by people in Profiles.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and what bioethics can and should contribute to health policy development. Bioethics. 2021 03; 35(3):227-228.
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COVID-19 and Moral Imperialism in Multinational Clinical Research. Arch Med Res. 2020 08; 51(6):572-573.
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Self-driving car dilemmas reveal that moral choices are not universal. Nature. 2018 10; 562(7728):469-470.
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Dealing with ethics in a multicultural world: willingness to appreciate less familiar views and traditions is crucial. West J Med. 2001 Feb; 174(2):87-8.