The theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the particular culture from which they originate and are not absolute.
there remains a tension between cultural relativism and universal rights
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- He had been interested in issues of race and culture, leading him to embrace the concepts of cultural pluralism and cultural relativism.
- The three introductory readings come out of the rich anthropological literature on culture and cultural relativism.
- Cultural borders are easily crossed from the superficial cultural relativism of metropolitan countries.
- The very core of cultural relativism is the social discipline that comes of respect for differences.
- Cultural relativism itself only makes sense if there is mutual accessibility between cultures at the cognitive level.
- The move to cultural relativism means that all cultures must be equally valued.
- Advocates of cultural relativism claim that most or some rights and rules about morality are encoded in and thus depend on cultural context.
- A strong sense of cultural relativism and tolerance was inspired by it.
- The following articles examine cultural relativism from the perspective of two major religions and related national cultures.
- This cultural relativism contravenes the basic values on which our society is built.