Ancient Skepticism and Moral relativism

1 Introduction

Ancient skepticism is a wide and important topic in the ancient Greek philosophical schools of thought and has been further developed in contemporary philosophy. It describes the attitude to be doubtful about any claim of knowledge and certainty. The term derives from the Greek skepsis meaning "enquiry", and hence already alludes to the situation in which individuals should question their own beliefs of knowledge claims.

Even if knowledge and the level of certainty about it are essential features of the ancient skepticism theory, the element of belief is equally important. As the school of thought deals with the questioning of knowledge claims, one could interpret these as beliefs about reality.

Ancient skepticism is a philosophical...