Cultural Relativism

Running head : CULTURAL RELATIVISM

Cultural relativism

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Cultural relativism is the belief that all beliefs customs and ethics are relative to the individual within his sexual context . In modern anthropology , cultural relativism is being accepted . One is not allowed to judge others on the basis of what is wrong or right . There is no standard measure of morality . Cultural relativity has also influenced computers through information ethics . It has impacted on privacy intellectual property rights and freedom of information . Different

cultures have different reaction to information ethics and we all understand where they are coming from the west who emphasize on individuals freedom and the non western who act for the good of the community

Cultural relativism

Cultural relativism is the view that all cultures that is beliefs customs and ethics are relative the individual within his social context . It simply means what is right or wrong is culture specific because what may be considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another . Therefore , because there is no universal measure to standards of morality in the society , no one has the right to judge the other on what is wrong or right ( HYPERLINK "http /philpapers .org /s /Martin 20Gardner " \o "View other works by Martin Gardner " Martin 1950

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