No, that's not what I'm talking about. Apparently I keep failing to explain myself.
You can just think all ppl deserve human rights, equal rights & freedoms &this not vary by deference to cultural norms which differ
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If I am an expert in 2 sets of cultural norms, I shld be able to determine the morality of actions in both. If not, then I can't.
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Why? Why do you have to be an expert in Saudi culture to decide whether Saudi women shld have the same rights & freedoms as men?
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To think this is to be culturally relative. It could be OK to deny women equality if those women are Saudi, not if western.
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And, more specifically, it would be the most trivial application of 'cultural relativity'. ("Everything I don't know much about is fine")
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I don't know what you mean abt knowledge. I'm not talking abt ppl not addressing problems coz they don't know they exist. 1/2
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Talking abt them having a principle that they shouldn't be challenged because we shld respect other cultures moral values.
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Let's find a better word for that attitude… 'other-cultural affirmative'? Because there are no ethics involved in such blanket statements.
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