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Cultural Relativism

Definition

The view that all moral and ethical beliefs are different from culture to culture, and that no one system is better than another.

One’s moral views are based on their own cultural perspective.

Questions to Ponder

1. Why is light skin considered beautiful in China?

2. Do you think dark skin would ever be considered the standard of beauty?

3. Where do ideas of beauty come from?

4. Is there a universal idea of beauty, or is it all culturally-based?

Questions for Discussion

• Where does your idea of morality come from?

• Who taught you?• How big of a role does culture

play in your idea of right and wrong?

Are the following examples acceptable

practices based on the concept of

Cultural Relativism?

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Can morality be universal?

To be continued…