Relativism: The Tangible Theory

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the Cultural Relativist
theory best defines what morality is, and where it came from.
Today all over the world people are communicating in ways never before
imagined. Cultural Relativism believes that one set of morals will not
adequately adapt to the individuality of all the cultures and subcultures in the
world. What this means is that there is no one moral law that fits every
situation at every time. There will always be exceptions to the rules.
Cultural Relativism leaves the creation of moral and ethical standards to the
community. The community then makes moral judgments based on its specific
culture, history, and individuality. For these reasons Cultural Relativism
helps the community, by letting the community set its own moral standards,
rather than impose a set of morals, as the absolutists would suggest. Imposing
a set of universal morals would not be able to compensate for all the different
cultural differences that exist today. If a universal moral law ...

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the same rights as men, therefore creating, by law, an equal society.
However in some Middle Eastern countries women are not allowed to show their
faces in public, own land, or may be forced to be just one wife to a man with
many wives. The questions philosophers ask in this situation is, "Which one of
th ese cultures is morally correct in their treatment of women?" According to
absolutists there would be one universal solution. And, in this case, there is
clearly no such solution. If you were to support the United States' treatment
of women, you would have to go against many of the Middle Eastern beliefs and
moral standards. Another way of looking at it would be from ...

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