[MD] The Level of Intellectual Quality

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> Marsha:
> I understand 'ultimate', as representing emptiness, being preferred 
> over 'absolute' because 'absolute' might suggest something that 
> exists in and of itself,independently.  Nothing is independent in the
> Madhayamika system, even emptiness.
> 
> Ron, I also think that equating relativism with 'Absolute relativism' is
> a red herring.  That patterns are relative doesn't equate to 'all is equal', 
> and doesn't prevent judgements based on what is useful. 
> 
> Ron:
> I agree, it is used most commonly as a perjorative term but it does
> introduce a legitimate consequence of adopting such a viewpoint
> so it does have it's value. 

Marsha:
What use is there in indiscriminately associating a pejorative connotation 
to a philosophic term?    


Ron:
 There are also those who do take this connotation up as a philosophical term
which doesent help things, by defending it's perjorative connotation as a philosophical
position. It's a common enough misunderstanding that makes the distinction useful
even if it is used to point it out as a misunderstanding.