[Buddha-l] Universalism?

[Richard Hayes]

On Jul 7, 2011, at 17:37, "JKirkpatrick" <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

> Oh, come on.
> Universalism does not mean only Christian or religious
> universalism. It's application and ideological function has been
> a big trend in social sciences for decades already, counterpoised
> to relativism. 

I am unfamiliar with sociological literature. In philosophical literature, the usual counterpoint to relativism is absolutism or idealism. Like most terms "universalism" is polysemous. In religious contexts alone there are several senses. 

> 
Richard