미국대학 과제_철학_문화 상대주의 _Cultural Differences Argument_Cultural Relativism
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1) In order to explain cultural differences argument, cultural relativism should be introduced. What cultural relativism tells you is that different cultures may have different standards of what is right or wrong, meaning that morality is not absolute, and people from different cultures may disagree about what is right or wrong. To derive that conclusion, cultural differences argument is used. It is “the strategy used by cultural relativists to argue from facts about the differences between cultural outlooks to a conclusion about the status of morality.” (Why morality is not relative, James Rachels) For example, in Korean society, eating dog meat is acceptable (although this old custom is disappearing and done by only a few, especially old generations), and Europeans think that is barbaric. According to cultural relativism, both cultures have different beliefs and cannot be judged by the other one.
The problem of cultural differences argument is that, according to Rachels, its premise approaches to what people believe that different cultures have different moral codes, and then the argument talks about objective truth in morality in its conclusion that there is no such thing. Of course, there is no moral truth if you are trying to find it from people’s beliefs. What people believe and what the truth is are two different things. The conclusion is not linked with the premise. Basically, it’s a logical error.
