The topic I would like to research for my final paper is the philosophical term “relativism”. As defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, relativism is “the view that truth and falsity, right and wrong, standards of reasoning, and procedures of justification are products of differing conventions and frameworks of assessment and that their authority is confined to the context giving rise to them.” This is a fancy way of saying “Truth is relative”. I believe I need to justify why I have chosen a philosophical term for a paper on societal problems. Relativism is arguably the most popular philosophical framework of our time, especially among the youth of our American culture. It is the root that supplies the nutrients to the desire
