What determines the sameness? The definition always implies characteristics of an assumed context. Which may or may not be universal.
Cultural values cld be 'women shouldn't go out.' Can condemn this. Situational ones cld be 'women under house arrest shldnt go out'
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Ok, so… to translate that into my 'context' world: you're saying there are nested contexts. A hierarchy of contexts. Yes?
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I'm fairly sure that's not what I'm saying coz I don't know what it means.
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Haha! Translating abstract concepts is challenging

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What I was saying was that principles like 'women shld have equal rights' shld be universal. Situations can change it but this ...
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...would also need 2 b consistent across cultures.When asking 'which women shldnt have equal rights' answer can't be 'Muslim ones'
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It could be 'women who commit violent crime shld lose their right to freedom for a while' but this wild need to apply to men too
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and in all cultures if our ethics on this are consistent. If they vary from culture to culture, this is cultural moral relativity.
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Are you able to say that without relying on assumed-universal meanings of 'man' and 'woman'?

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