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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

absolutism

In politics, the atmosphere surrounding a dictator whose power has no restrictions, checks, or balances; the belief in such a dictator. - absolutist (ab-saloo-tist), adj. & n.

ethical absolutism

See MORAL ABSOLUTISM.

moral absolutism

The view that a person's action can always properly be seen as right or wrong, regardless of the situation or the consequences. - Also termed ethical absolutism; objective ethics. Cf. MORAL RELATIVISM.