I’ve read plenty about this but I genuinely wish to understand with real examples by anthropologists
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Cultural relativism is a philosophical position that denies that there exist any moral/ethical views on what is right and what is wrong which have arisen from something other than past and current human societies. When the value systems of two very different cultures conflict as to what is or is not praiseworthy human behavior, there is no higher court of appeal that can settle the matter. In the past philosophers who rejected this view have usually done so by arguing that there is some sort of transcultural entity, say God’s Will or Human Reason, that any and all moral principles and values can be measured against and judged to be either objectively right or wrong.
Practicing anthropologists content themselves with understanding and describing how different cultures function. Passing judgment on the veracity or morality of their subject’s views is not their job.
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