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03 February 2009

Question: "What is cultural relativism?"

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Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context.
In other words, “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another, and, since no universal standard of morality exists, no one has the right to judge another society’s customs.
Yeah, yeah Dawg, I know... I'm a "dirty, filthy racist".

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