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== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
− | + | The main joke in this comic is its interpretation of moral relativity along the same lines as the {{w|Theory of Relativity}}. In the field of {{w|Ethics}} moral relativity holds that moral judgements are not absolute, but rather relative to the group of people involved. The Theory of Relativity predicts (among other things) that measurements of an object change the closer to the speed of light it travels—length contracts, observed time slows down, the notion of separated simultaneous events is relative, etc. Thus it's humorous that the ethics of a situation would be relative the same way physical properties change as the speed of light is approached. | |
− | + | Note that '''relativity''' in Theory of Relativity (in ''physics'') came from {{w|principle of relativity}} idea that equations describing the laws of physics have '''the same form''' in all admissible frames of reference (as opposed to ''moral'' relativity). | |
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