Cultural Relativism vs. Cultural Absolutism
17 Pages
Open Access
Journal:
Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
Volume 18
Issue 2
pp. 75 - 91
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Summary
I defend cultural relativism against the following objections: (i) The analogy between motion and morality is flawed. (ii) Cultural relativism has greater potential to be harmful to our daily lives than is cultural absolutism. (iii) We made moral progress when we moved from slavery to equality. (iv) There are some moral principles that are accepted by all cultures around the world. (v) Moral argumentation is impossible within the framework of cultural relativism. (vi) We construct arguments for and against cultures.
Details
- Pages
- 17
- DOI
- 10.3726/CUL022021.0004
- Open Access
- CC-BY
- Keywords
- Cultural Absolutism Cultural Relativism Morality Motion Ockham’s Razor
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