@article{ART003398917},
author={GI- HWAN JOO},
title={Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance},
journal={인문논총 },
issn={2005-6222},
year={2026},
volume={71},
pages={71-94}
TY - JOUR
AU - GI- HWAN JOO
TI - Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance
JO - 인문논총
PY - 2026
VL - 71
IS - null
PB - Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
SP - 71
EP - 94
SN - 2005-6222
AB - The ethical dimension has become a decisive factor in how Cultural Contents are valued today, bearing on both their critical standing and their commercial success. Yet where the former is concerned, it is often said that because no interpretation of such contents is definitively correct, any interpretation goes. Plausible as it sounds, this position leaves us with no answer to the question that follows. Must we then, sheltering behind interpretive tolerance, accept arbitrary and extreme readings alike? The present study turns to Robert Stecker’s theory of interpretation to answer it.
For Stecker, the limits of interpretation are set by what an interpretation aims at. What it aims at is either meaning or significance, and each is admitted as a true or an acceptable interpretation, respectively, only on meeting a distinct standard. Meaning is assessed for truth, significance for acceptability. The interpretive plurality that Stecker secures in this way is distinct from radical relativism. Attitude and exploration, which Stecker discusses as candidates for a work’s ethical value, are closely tied to these two domains: attitude to meaning, exploration to both. The paper argues that whether an ethical interpretation of Cultural Contents holds can likewise be settled on these two standards, and thereby shows that Stecker’s account can serve as a line of defense against radical relativism.
KW - ethics of Cultural Contents;Robert Stecker;interpretation;radical relativism;ethical value
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GI- HWAN JOO. (2026). Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance. 인문논총 , 71, 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. 2026, "Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance", 인문논총 , vol.71, pp.71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO "Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance" 인문논총 71 pp.71-94 (2026) : 71.
GI- HWAN JOO. Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance. 2026; 71 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. "Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance" 인문논총 71(2026) : 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance. 인문논총 , 71, 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance. 인문논총 . 2026; 71 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance. 2026; 71 71-94.
GI- HWAN JOO. "Constraining Radical Relativism in the Ethical Interpretation of Cultural Content: Robert Stecker on Meaning and Significance" 인문논총 71(2026) : 71-94.
