On cultural relativism, it makes sense to disagree with accepted norms -- to say "X is socially approved but not good."
On cultural relativism, it makes sense to disagree with accepted norms -- to say "X is socially approved but not good."
On CR, this is self-contradictory, since "good" means "socially approved." The quoted statement would mean "X is socially approved but not socially approved."
CR makes us conform to society's norms -- or else we contradict ourselves.
On cultural relativism, it makes sense to disagree with accepted norms -- to say "X is socially approved but not good."
On CR, this is self-contradictory, since "good" means "socially approved." The quoted statement would mean "X is socially approved but not socially approved."
CR makes us conform to society's norms -- or else we contradict ourselves.