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  2. Moral universalism - Wikipedia

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    Moral universalism (also called moral objectivism) is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for "all similarly situated individuals", [1] regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other distinguishing feature. [2]

  3. Universality (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    When used in the context of ethics, the meaning of universal refers to that which is true for "all similarly situated individuals". [3] Rights, for example in natural rights, or in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, for those heavily influenced by the philosophy of the Enlightenment and its conception of a human nature, could be considered universal.

  4. Universalism - Wikipedia

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    Unitarian Universalism (UU) is a theologically liberal religion characterized by a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". [117] Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed ; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a result of that search and ...

  5. Cosmopolitanism - Wikipedia

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    Cosmopolitanism is the idea that all human beings are members of a single community.Its adherents are known as cosmopolitan or cosmopolite.Cosmopolitanism is both prescriptive and aspirational, believing humans can and should be "world citizens" in a "universal community". [1]

  6. Universal value - Wikipedia

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    A value is a universal value if it has the same value or worth for all, or almost all, people. Spheres of human value encompass morality , aesthetic preference , traits , human endeavour , and social order .

  7. Moral universalizability - Wikipedia

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    The general concept or principle of moral universalizability is that moral principles, maxims, norms, facts, predicates, rules, etc., are universally true; that is, if they are true as applied to some particular case (an action, person, etc.) then they are true of all other cases of this sort.

  8. Moral absolutism - Wikipedia

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    Moral absolutism is not the same as moral universalism.Universalism holds merely that what is right or wrong is independent of custom or opinion (as opposed to moral relativism), [3] but not necessarily that what is right or wrong is sometimes independent of context or consequences (as in absolutism).

  9. Universal law - Wikipedia

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    In law and ethics, universal law or universal principle refers to concepts of legal legitimacy actions, whereby those principles and rules for governing human beings' conduct which are most universal in their acceptability, their applicability, translation, and philosophical basis, are therefore considered to be most legitimate. [citation needed]