In
ethics,
value pluralism (also known as
ethical pluralism or
moral pluralism) is the idea that there are several
values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other. In addition, value-pluralism postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values may be
incommensurable, in the sense that there is no objective ordering of them in terms of importance. Value pluralism is opposed to
value monism.