I'm not a big pomo, but it seems that many ideologues find moral relativism scary because it puts closely-held values into question.
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Yes but even so, that merely makes them "moral" to you.
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There's a quote 'Making things better never means better for everyone, but worse for some'. Sorry for interjecting, just wanted to say that

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Of course. People who currently benefit from unfair advantages lose them if we level the playing field.
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'The first will be last and last shall be first?' It's certainly not a new concept.. a cyclical progression like that suggests a repetition
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No. That idea of a reversal goes along with the postmodern idea of reversing hierarchies & does not level the playing field.
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Universal liberalism is about levelling. Eg when women began to be able to access professional qualifications as well as men.
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This meant men had more competition & some of them wouldn't make the cut & would be unemployed. But they still had equal access.
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At times this produces an adverse effect, lowering the standard. As we saw with the 'no child left behind' policy.
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