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Cultural relativism is the view that cultural practices should be understood based on the context of their own culture rather than being judged by the standards of another culture. While cultural relativism aims to promote understanding between cultures, it is not universally applicable to ethics because it could allow harmful practices to continue without question. Some argue cultural relativism removes the ability to critically examine power structures within cultures and promote human rights.

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Ethics Report

Cultural relativism is the view that cultural practices should be understood based on the context of their own culture rather than being judged by the standards of another culture. While cultural relativism aims to promote understanding between cultures, it is not universally applicable to ethics because it could allow harmful practices to continue without question. Some argue cultural relativism removes the ability to critically examine power structures within cultures and promote human rights.

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What is cultural

relativism? Why
is it not
tenable in
ethics?
Cultural Relativism
• Cultural relativism is the ability to understand culture on its
own terms and not to make judgements using the standards
of ones’ own culture.
• The goal of this is promote understanding of cultural
practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture.
• In a holistic understanding of the term cultural relativism, it
tries to promote the understanding of cultural practices that
are unfamiliar to other cultures such as eating insects,
genocides or genital cutting.
Cultural Relativism
• It is a process which encourages the individual to
define the rightness and the wrongness of their ethics
and morality on their own circumstances.
• It gives people an opportunity to change who they are
at a core level without suffering consequences
because of those actions. It eliminates the rigid rules
the societies often create , sometimes unwritten, that
require people to think, speak and act in specific ways.
Cultural Relativism

ABSOLUTE: Everything that happens within an culture


must and should not be questioned by outsiders

CRITICAL: Creates questions about cultural practices in


terms of who is accepting them and why. Critical
cultural relativism also recognizes power relationships.
Advantages and
Disadvantages of
Cultural Relativism
Advantages of cultural relativism

1. Cultural relativism removes the power of societal


conditioning.
2. Cultural relativism allows for the creation of
individual moral codes.
3. Cultural relativism does not rely on moral relativism.
4. Cultural relativism creates a society which is free
from judgement.
Advantages of cultural relativism

5. Cultural relativism preserves human culture.


6. Cultural relativism encourages human respect.
7. Cultural relativism promotes cooperation.
8. Cultural relativism creates a society which is
authentically equal.
disadvantages of cultural
relativism
• Cultural relativism creates a society that is fueled
through personal bias.
• Cultural relativism only works only if humanity is
perfect.
• Cultural relativism drives people away from one
another.
• Cultural relativism would create a world of chaos.
disadvantages of cultural
relativism
• Cultural relativism would promote a lack of diversity.
• Cultural relativism allows opinions and perceptions
to become universal truths.
• Cultural relativism would limit the progress of
humanity.

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