Ethics and Values / Unit 2 Ethics 048 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Argument Fails
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The idea
The Cultural Differences Argument is invalid: a premise about what cultures believe cannot, by itself, establish a conclusion about what is true.
In practice
Suppose two nations' textbooks teach rival causes for one disease. The rivalry alone settles nothing about what causes the disease.
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