Introduction
In this article, the author explores the major meta-ethical theory of Cultural Relativism.
According to it, Cultural Relativism states that all morality is relative to culture, that
the truth of ethical claims is relative to an individual or group's perspective. Cultural
Relativism holds that an action is morally right or morally wrong because of the beliefs
and values of the culture in which the action takes place. Therefore cultural relativism
denies the possibility of any objective foundation for moral rules or obligations.
Comments
In the sections 2.1 and 2.2 The author defines what Cultural Relativism is all about by
giving us a glimpse of different cultural practices form more accepted funeral
cremation by Greeks to barbaric (to us) flesh eating practice of Callatians to going
against our institution of marriage Eskimo practices or polygamy and "wife swapping".
The third section considers one argument in support of cultural relativism and......

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Title: Review Of "The Challenge Of Cultural Relativism"
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