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Truth is singular, it is illogical to assume otherwise. Truth about something is the exact nature of something. Which ever opinion about that something someone has doesn't matter. Object in question is how it is. If two people think about it differently - they can never be both correct. They maybe relatively the same distance away from truth, that is the only probable equality of judgmental opinions.
I feel compelled to comment on this.
Truth is ! Whatever truth is, it must be singular. I am 53 years old and I began my quest for truth at the age of 19. I have been as earnest and honest in my search for truth as I am humanly capable of being. I believe there are only two requirements one needs in order to find it: earnestness and honesty. And, of course, but this should be obvious, to never quit seeking.
And how do I rate my own description of The Truth ? It's full of holes. Furthermore, I fear greatly anyone who claims to understand A Truth that isn't. (full of holes, that is). Interestingly enough, the descriptions of truth that I personally find the most revealing are the contradictory ones such as can be found in zen or in quantum physics.
I cannot agree to disagree either. I think people with two different versions of truth, (or two societies for that matter ) can co-exist peacefully if they were simply to allow that whenever two perceptions of truth exist neither must be right so we must continue in our earnestness and honesty to explore together.
Joe and I have blood ties and for he and I, this statement rings particularly true.