Morality and Cultural Differences

Title: Morality and Cultural Differences Author: John W Cook ISBN: 9780195126792 Publisher: Oxford University Press Published: 1999 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Philosophy 1636241 Publisher Description: The scholars who defend or dispute moral relativism, the idea that a moral principle cannot be applied to people whose culture does not accept it, have concerned themselves with either the philosophical or anthropological aspects of relativism. This study shows that in order to arrive at a definitive appraisal of moral relativism, it is necessary to understand and investigate both its anthropological and philosophical aspects. Carefully examining the arguments for and against moral relativism, Cook exposes not only that anthropologists have failed in their attempt to support relativism with evidence of cultural differences, but that moral absolutists h