What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

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Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

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Alfred North Whitehead

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Mathematician Philosopher

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

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Time
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Authentication Score 2
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The stuff that dreams are made of.

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