Karl Marx and Materialism

Brief explanation of the philosophy of Karl Marx and its relationship to his philosophical materialism.

[Sousspxc]

Hello! Can you please explain to me simply what is the dialectic materialism of Marx? Thanks!

[hordewithbenoni]

Moral relativism is technically different from cultural relativism. The former says people disagree with what is right and wrong, and the latter says that because cultures (people) disagree with what is right and wrong, there is no right or wrong. Such distinction is important. If disagreeing about the existence (or nature) of climate change is analogous with moral relativism, then climate change objectively not existing is analogous with cultural relativism. It would be a logical fallacy to say 1. People disagree on the existence of climate change, 2. So climate change does not exist. Given this is a logical fallacy, it illustrates how moral relativism and cultural relativism differ. If cultural and moral relativism meant the same thing then this could not be a logical fallacy (which is hard to even visualize). Moral relativism states that people disagree, and cultural relativism takes it further by saying an ethical standard does not objectively exist. Of course, in order for climate change to be analogous with an ethical theory, an ethical theory has to be something objective. However, cultural relativism posits that there is objectively no objective ethical theory.