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But what about a disagreement among members of the same society? Does it make any sense to say that they could not have been mistaken about the morality of these actions? Cultural relativism also has the peculiar conse- quence that social reformers of every sort would always be wrong. Their culture would be the ulti- […]

Does it make any sense to say that they could not have been mistaken about the morality of these actions? Cultural relativism also has the peculiar conse- quence that social reformers of every sort would always be wrong. Their culture would be the ulti- mate authority on moral matters, so if they disagree with their

After all, if all cultures are morally equal, does not cultural relativism both entail and promote tolerance? We should hope that tolerance does reign in a pluralistic world, but there is no necessary connec- tion between tolerance and cultural relativism. For one thing, cultural relativists cannot consistently advocate tolerance. To advocate tolerance is to advocate

If you judge it permissible, are you doing so because you are a cultural relativist? Do you think that FGC is morally permissible? If you judge the practice wrong, are you appealing to some notion of objective morality? If you judge it permissible, are you doing so because you are a cultural relativist? In either

If you judge the practice wrong, are you appealing to some notion of objective morality? Do you think that FGC is morally permissible? If you judge the practice wrong, are you appealing to some notion of objective morality? If you judge it permissible, are you doing so because you are a cultural relativist? In either

Do you think that FGC is morally permissible? Do you think that FGC is morally permissible? If you judge the practice wrong, are you appealing to some notion of objective morality? If you judge it permissible, are you doing so because you are a cultural relativist? In either case, explain your reasoning. *Sarah Cannon and

CULTURAL RELATIVISM To many people, the idea that morality is relative to culture is obvious. It seems obvious primarily because modern sociology has left no doubt that people’s moral judgments differ from culture to cul- ture. The moral judgments of people in other cultures are often shockingly different from our own. In some societies, it

SUBJECTIVISM, RELATIVISM, AND EMOTIVISM Á 21 ’ QUICK REVIEW objectivism—The view that some moral principles are valid for everyone. cultural relativism—The view that an action is morally right if one’s culture approves of it. Implications: that cultures are morally infalli- ble, that social reformers can never be morally right, that moral disagreements between indi- viduals

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