Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0298 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Cultural Relativism Means Anything Goes"
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The idea
Cultural relativism is a method of description, not a moral verdict: understanding why a practice exists commits a researcher to no view about whether it should.
In practice
A sociologist can explain how a harmful practice is sustained and still hold that it causes harm.
Where people slip
The moral question is real and belongs to ethics, which this course does not settle.
Your place on the trail
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