The value of the cultural relativism I learned from Davis, though, is to help me be less quick to condemn, and quicker to learn from the Other — even if, ultimately, I judge that Other to be a ...

Cultural Relativism—An anthropological term that can best be defined as follows: An individual's actions, behaviors and beliefs can be understood only in terms of the culture from which he or ...

Daphne Bramham: Conservatives, polygamy and cultural relativism The Conservatives want to stop barbaric practices like polygamy, forced marriages, so-called honour killings and female genital ...

Nevertheless, cultural relativism can be used to justify human rights violations. Acts, e.g., torture or slavery, are universally wrong and should not be justified on the basis of cultural norms.

Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa: Cultural Relativism. From 2019. Show more ...

Trump, Charlottesville and the perils of "cultural relativism" When speech police insist that all cultures are equal, they're fueling Trump's noxious Charlottesville narrative By Jonathan Zimmerman ...

The government and its media supporters are currently at war with “wokeness.” An awareness of cultural sensitivities is regarded as “cultural relativism,” and it would seem that is to be disdained.