Cultural relativism

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Ethics
gptkb:philosophy
anthropological theory
gptkbp:appliesTo cross-cultural studies
gptkbp:contrastsWith ethnocentrism
gptkbp:criticizedFor potential moral relativism
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:philosophy
anthropology
gptkbp:describes the idea that beliefs and practices should be understood in terms of one's own culture
gptkbp:emergedIn early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cultural relativism
gptkbp:influencedBy anthropology
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:moral_relativism
gptkb:normative_ethics
descriptive relativism
gptkbp:requires no culture's beliefs or practices are superior to another's
gptkbp:usedIn cultural anthropology
ethics
sociology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virtue_Ethics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4