Cultural Relativism
Introduction
Moral relativism is a moral or ethical proposition that does not reflect the objective and / or universal moral truths of the position, but rather requires the situation with respect to social, cultural, historical or personal circumstances. It does not deny the truth value or justification of moral statements (as a form of moral anti realism), but it is certain of their relative form.
A moral relativist pointed out that human beings are not omniscient, and history is full of personal and social behavior in the name of an absolute truth later proved to be fallible than for example, so we should be very cautious should absolutely be regarded as important in the ethical decision-making. It will also suppress the investigation of …show more content…
Cultural relativism is a kind of view, from the culture to the culture of different moral or ethical system is effective, no one system is better than any other system. This is based on the idea that there is no final good or bad standard, so every right and wrong judgment is the product of society. Therefore, any idea of morality or ethics is influenced by the cultural perspective of everyone. Ultimately, this means that there is no moral or ethical system can be considered to be the "best" or "worst", and there is no specific moral or ethical position, can actually be thought is "right" or "wrong".
In short, people want to take a moral philosophy, seems to be in essence, is tolerant of other cultural ethics and beliefs. However, many people do not understand, as a cultural relativism does not necessarily mean that you can tolerate other cultures. Because morality is defined by your culture, assuming that you live in a culture that asserts that you have a moral obligation to tolerate other cultures. According to Huarun's creed, your tolerance will be an immoral act. Also note, the only way you can tolerance in the real sense (which means you are not forced to those with whom you disagree to adhere to their own beliefs)is that you must accept objective moral truths; this is due to the fact that - as a culture phase of Marxism - is impossible not to agree (in the moral sense) and other
Moral relativism is a moral or ethical proposition that does not reflect the objective and / or universal moral truths of the position, but rather requires the situation with respect to social, cultural, historical or personal circumstances. It does not deny the truth value or justification of moral statements (as a form of moral anti realism), but it is certain of their relative form.
A moral relativist pointed out that human beings are not omniscient, and history is full of personal and social behavior in the name of an absolute truth later proved to be fallible than for example, so we should be very cautious should absolutely be regarded as important in the ethical decision-making. It will also suppress the investigation of …show more content…
Cultural relativism is a kind of view, from the culture to the culture of different moral or ethical system is effective, no one system is better than any other system. This is based on the idea that there is no final good or bad standard, so every right and wrong judgment is the product of society. Therefore, any idea of morality or ethics is influenced by the cultural perspective of everyone. Ultimately, this means that there is no moral or ethical system can be considered to be the "best" or "worst", and there is no specific moral or ethical position, can actually be thought is "right" or "wrong".
In short, people want to take a moral philosophy, seems to be in essence, is tolerant of other cultural ethics and beliefs. However, many people do not understand, as a cultural relativism does not necessarily mean that you can tolerate other cultures. Because morality is defined by your culture, assuming that you live in a culture that asserts that you have a moral obligation to tolerate other cultures. According to Huarun's creed, your tolerance will be an immoral act. Also note, the only way you can tolerance in the real sense (which means you are not forced to those with whom you disagree to adhere to their own beliefs)is that you must accept objective moral truths; this is due to the fact that - as a culture phase of Marxism - is impossible not to agree (in the moral sense) and other