Ethics and Values / Unit 2 Ethics 049 short lesson, about 20 seconds
No Criticizing Other Societies
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The idea
If cultural relativism is true, no society's practice can be judged wrong from outside, whatever the practice is.
In practice
A multinational's auditors flag a supplier country's forced labor; consistent relativism tells the auditors the local code approves, and local approval is the whole question.
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