Editing Moral absolutism (section)

== In popular culture ==
* [[Rorschach (character)|Rorschach]], one of the protagonists in the classic [[Comic|comic/graphic novel]] ''[[Watchmen]]'' (by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]]): a masked [[vigilante]] and ruthless crime-fighter, Rorschach believes in moral absolutism&mdash;[[good and evil]] as pure ends, with no shades of gray&mdash;which compels him to seek to punish any evidence of evil at all costs. His mask displays a constantly morphing inkblot based on the ambiguous designs used in [[Rorschach inkblot test]]s, also his namesake, with the mask's black and white coloring never touching each other, and therefore consistent with his [[Splitting (psychology)|sense and view of morality]].<ref>[https://artsone.arts.ubc.ca/student-journal/rorschachs-hypocrisy/ "Rorschach’s Hypocrisy: The Moral Ambiguity of Watchmen’s Black and White Antihero", by Ingrid Sit: "Upon his entrance, Rorschach is characterised as a no-nonsense vigilante who embodies moral absolutism. From how he views his peers, Rorschach definitively distinguishes between what he deems heroic and what he deems not heroic"] [[University of British Columbia|Student Journal | Arts One - The University of British Columbia]]</ref>