There is no absolute system of values.
That is, man changes and lives in a changing frame of reference in a world continuously created and transformed by him. Successful interactions directly or indirectly subservient to the maintenance of his living organization constitute his only final source of reference for valid behavior within the domain of descriptions, and, hence, for truth; but, since living systems are self-referential systems, any final frame of reference is, necessarily, relative. Accordingly, no absolute system of values is possible, and all truth and falsehood in the cultural domain are necessarily relative. (BC 91)
This page was last updated on July 11, 1996, by Rob Sable.