Philosophy / Unit 7 Philosophy 0267 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cultural Relativism
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The idea
Cultural relativism: moral right and wrong are determined by each culture's code—there is no standard above cultures to judge between them.
In practice
The argument from disagreement: cultures differ over burial, food, and marriage; relativists conclude there is no fact of the matter.
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