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Moral relativism is summed up best this way:Moral Relativism opened Pandoras Box, and made every 8th grader a lawyer.
I think moral relativism has always been around. We've had middle ages era Popes with kids!
Society is the same, the news coverage is just more detailed in my opinion.
"Nothing is more important than my own ego. What I want and who I am is always good. To prevent the contradictions or consequences caused by doing something I know is objectively/absolutely wrong, I will rationalize them to protect me from facing their true nature."
This has always been around. No society ever survives when it becomes the basic philosophy. That is also a historical truth. For when all is exceptions and excuses for every action, you have anarchy and chaos, not society and order.
I suppose that now we have a child of welfare as President, the basic philosophies and historical truths are a bit off kilter and not what they seemed.
Perhaps we'll evolve beyond accepting this:
"How does one know a politician is lying? His lips are moving."