Cultural relativism
ANTHROPOLOGY HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL RELATIVITY Human rights is something every person is entitled to by virtue of their being human. ... Cultural Relativity is the anthropological attitude that a society’s customs, traditions and ideas are to be described in an objective perspective in context of the society’s problem. ... The basic premise of cultural relativism is that beliefs, values, and morals are all based on one’s culture. ... All ethical, religious and political truths are relative to the cultural identity of the individual. Cultural relativity says that good and bad are relative to culture. ... Many anthropologists have already become uncomfortable with the form of Cultural Relativity advocated by Benedict and Herskovits. ... There have been on going debates for a long time now about Cultural Relativity and Human rights. Cultural Relativity goes against Human rights. ... I am not saying that all Cultural Relativity is bad but when it deifies the human rights of a person. ... In instances like this Cultural Relativism is not acceptable, it is already a question of Morality. ... Elizabeth Zechenter has pointed out some important points about Cultural Relativity. She says that Cultural Relativists claim that there are no universal principles of morality. ... Upon first glance, relativism seems like a very appropriate concept of morality in the world. ... I think that cultural relativism can hold some merit, but if we look deeper into the issue we can find a flawed and unreasonable theory for the way that the world should work. Some of the biggest arguments given in defense of cultural relativism are the many different practices of different cultures from around the world.