If a given context is sufficiently different, existing answers to questions of morality can be hard to apply, due to a translation problem.
By cultural relativity, I mean saying things like 'Its wrong for a christian to discriminate against LGBTs but OK for a Muslim'
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Cultural relativity is when your own ethics shift depending on who is doing something, not noticing different cultural values exist
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Ok, *that* definition I can relate to more than the previous one.
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That's always what I meant. If I was unclear, that's why we're at cross purposes.
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"…ethics shift depending on" — I'm focusing on the "depending on" part, assuming consistent ethics, applied in a context-aware manner.
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Well, I'm talking about inconsistent ethics. Culturally relative ones.
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Are they inconsistent from an external perspective or are they explicitly considered inconsistent even by the person holding them?
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Externally. The person may well be unaware of his own inconsistency & need to be shown they have double standards re culture.
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(Ok, let me do some googling…)
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You don't need to google! I'm explaining what I mean by the terms I'm using coz I suspect we're using them differently.
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