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Source : Reading Power, 6-8.
Ethical and moral systems are different for every culture. According to cultural relativism, all of these systems are equally valid, and no system is better than another. The basis of cultural relativism is the notion that no true standards of good and evil actually exist. Therefore, judging whether something is right or wrong is based on individual societies’ beliefs, and any moral or ethical opinions are affected by an individual’s cultural perspective. There exists an inherent contradiction in cultural relativism, however. If one embraces the idea that there is no right or wrong, then there exists no way to make judgments in the first place. To deal with this contradiction, cultural relativism creates “tolerance.” However, with tolerance comes intolerance, which means that tolerance must imply some sort of ultimate good. Thus, tolerance also goes against the very notion of cultural relativism.
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Can you understand this sentence? The whole paragraph seems to be ladened with play with words.
*tolerance must imply some sort of ultimate good.
Why does tolerance have to be there? Is it to embrace bad things? If so, then tolerance implies ultimate good, then this goes against the notion of there being no good or and evil.
Ethical and moral systems are different for every culture. According to cultural relativism, all of these systems are equally valid, and no system is better than another. The basis of cultural relativism is the notion that no true standards of good and evil actually exist. Therefore, judging whether something is right or wrong is based on individual societies’ beliefs, and any moral or ethical opinions are affected by an individual’s cultural perspective. There exists an inherent contradiction in cultural relativism, however. If one embraces the idea that there is no right or wrong, then there exists no way to make judgments in the first place. To deal with this contradiction, cultural relativism creates “tolerance.” However, with tolerance comes intolerance, which means that tolerance must imply some sort of ultimate good. Thus, tolerance also goes against the very notion of cultural relativism.
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Can you understand this sentence? The whole paragraph seems to be ladened with play with words.
*tolerance must imply some sort of ultimate good.
Why does tolerance have to be there? Is it to embrace bad things? If so, then tolerance implies ultimate good, then this goes against the notion of there being no good or and evil.