“The Two Masters System” explores the limitations of cultural relativism by arguing that, within such a framework, no culture can be deemed preferable to another, as all judgments are reduced to subjective biases rooted in personal history or sensory pleasure. The author contends that relativism fails to provide rational grounds for either approving or rejecting any culture, making it impossible to critique or elevate one way of life over another without appealing to an external, absolutist perspective.
In contrast, the essay presents the alternative of an absolutist or ecclesiastical system, specifically rooted in Christian belief. Here, life is understood as living according to what God requires, distinguishing between truth and lies, value and parasitism. The author concludes that only within this absolute system—where moral and logical coherence is derived from adherence to divine truth—can one meaningfully prefer or build a particular culture over another.
