Category: Cultural Relativism

An occupational hazard of studying, writing about, and teaching Mexican philosophy is that there will always be someone who asks, What makes it Mexican? Or, Whats so different about Mexican philosophy? A more pernicious line of questioning might include dismissive queries such as: Why study Mexican philosophy at all? At some point, I ignore these…

Cultural relativism is a theory of morality, a way of thinking about moral values, principles standards etc. Its a binding aspect across nations; not necessarily in morals but in the belief in ones culture. Rachel and Rachel characterized cultural relativism as a challenge to our belief in universal truth (p.18). Rachels and Rachels argue that…

Introduction Anthropology has five guiding principles but in this assignment, I am going to compare two guiding principles which are ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Before I proceed with my assignment I would like to first define these two terms in a simple and understandable way. Ethnocentrism is the strong belief that ones own culture is…

Throughout history philosophers have developed ethical theories that attempt to distinguish what is morally right and wrong. Although these theories differ from one another, they all can be applied to multiple aspects of our society. Some examples of these theories include Utilitarianism, Cultural Relativism, Social Contract Theory, and Kantianism. The differences between each of these…

Albeit cultural relativism before the mid1950s was a build utilized by both Western anthropologists and indigenous people groups to oppose European activities for cultural authority, since decolonization, the idea has been appropriated by third world bourgeoisnationalist elites to undermine precolonial privileges of individuals from different nonWestern people group. Utilizing the contextual analysis of homophobia in…

Cultural relativism is a theory about the nature of morality, therefore it is one of those theories that would help in determining what is right and what is wrong. According to this theory, moral values are created by the society through their different beliefs and values. In other words, the concept of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’…

It can be difficult to come up with a good definition of what is good and what is bad. Everyones view on this topic can be different based on their beliefs and values. Ethical and moral principles play a big role in determining what people see as good or bad depending on the situation presented.…