Morality and Cultural Differences

Morality and Cultural Differences

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The scholars who defend or dispute moral relativism, the idea that a moral principle cannot be applied to people whose culture does not accept it, have concerned themselves with either the philosophical or anthropological aspects of relativism. This study shows that in order to arrive at a
definitive appraisal of moral relativism, it is necessary to understand and investigate both its anthropological and philosophical aspects. Carefully examining the arguments for and against moral relativism, Cook exposes not only that anthropologists have failed in their attempt to support
relativism with evidence of cultural differences, but that moral absolutists have been equally unsuccessful in their attempts to refute it. He argues that these conflicting positions are both guilty of an artificial and unrealistic view of morality and proposes a more subtle and complex account of
morality.

Morality and Cultural Differences,John W. Cook,Oxford University Press, USA,0195158636,Anthropology - Cultural,Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Philosophy,Popular Culture - General,Sociology,Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Social & cultural anthropology

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