Cultural Relativism conceptually and interpret its relevance with Moral Standards

[maheenangel74]

Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture. Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs are equally valid and that truth itself is relative, depending on the situation, environment, and individual. Those who hold to C.R. hold that all religious, ethical, aesthetic, and political beliefs are completely relative to the individual within a cultural identity.

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[Conley]

I try to practice this to a degree, but as some point I have to draw the line. For example, I can't accept that the treatment of women under Taliban rule is valid.

[Mister D]

It's certainly not valid here and I will criticize it there. That said, I wouldn't support dropping bombs to prove my point.

[Conley]

It's certainly not valid here and I will criticize it there. That said, I wouldn't support dropping bombs to prove my point.

Oh I agree with both of those points.

[Peter1469]

I agree with D. The culture of much of the third world is indeed deficient when compared to the culture of the West.

[MMC]

Would you say there excludes Asians?

[Peter1469]

Would you say there excludes Asians?

Yes.