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The Privilege of Moral Absolutism vs Living in the Gray Area

Published: July 19, 2021, 1:47 p.m.

Do you see things as just black and white or do you tend to live a bit more in the gray area. The crew runs thru some recent examples such as Sha'Carri Richardson and the accountability & reaction she received. George Floyd and the consequence of writing bad check while being black and others.

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Two defining and different approaches to life: Moral Absolutism is an ethical view that all actions are intrinsically right or wrong, while Consequentialism is when the morality of an act depends on the consequences or context of the act.\xa0