The advantages of cultural relativism is that it is a very tolerant view and fits well with how cultures change, since cultures are constantly developing as our world continues to develop. I think even though cultural relativism is easily seen as a positive outlook and a perspective that is appreciated when regarding other cultures, there are cons associated with this outlook. First of all, I think cultural relativism is self-contradictory. where cultural relativism makes it so that more than one culture is “right”, but saying there are no objective truths seems like an objective truth is actually being made. Also, moral action would not be possible since everything is tolerated, so the reformers, like Martin Luther King, Jr and Jesus, must be wrong since they went against the pre-existing moral values of society. Speaking of a society, how would that be created with no concrete basis of morals, since all morals would be tolerated?
I think you have a good point. I think the overall idea of cultural relativism is appealing to people but when you look into it and really think about what it means, there are a lot of unanswered gaps. I think that it is not the best concept to explain morality and how the world functions in regards to morality and God’s existence. I think that the gaps are too large to ignore.
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