cultural relativism分析和总结分析和总结.docx

culturalrelativism

Asweknow,culturalrelativismreflectthesocialenvironment,peopleslife,thedevelopmentofhistoryandthelocalculture.Itisaproductofhistoryandtheculturalaccumulation.Variousworldsshowedin cultural relativism .such as , the charm of Tibet , the friendshipbetweentwogirls,thedevelopmentofChina,etc.But,whatisculturalrelativism,onearth?

Culturalrelativismistheviewthatallbeliefs,customs,andethics

arerelativetotheindividualwithinhisownsocialcontext.Inotherwords, “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is consideredmoralinonesocietymaybeconsideredimmoralinanother,and,sincenouniversalstandardofmoralityexists,noonehastherighttojudgeanothersociety’scustoms.

Inthemodernsociety,nationalcultureisnolongeraclosed,itisa

wholeworld,culturalexchangesbetweencountriesallthetime.Forexample,thereasonwhyChineseculturecandevelopcontinuallyisthatbesidesvaluingandtreatingforeignculturewithequal,itcommunicateswithothercultureandacceptsforeignculture.Culturerelativismregardseverycultureasequal.Thereisnodifference,whichwillmakepeopledonotknowwhatistheprimaryandwhatisthesecondaryoncenativetraditionalculturerunsintoforeignculture.However,althoughitkeeps

anequalattitudetoeveryculturewhencollidingwithforeigncultureitstickstoabeliefthatitshouldtaketheinitiative.Thus,Chineseculturecanavoidtheshortcomingofculturalrelativismanddevelopconstantly.Atthesametime,avoidingtheshortcomingofculturalrelativismisthebasisofacceptingforeignculture.

AsfarasIamconcerned,culturalrelativismhasdualcharacter.

On the one hand ,it respects, understandand treatseverycultureequally,whichis ofbenefittopreservethediversityofcultureandpromotethedevelopmentofcultureallovertheworld.Ontheotherhand,duetotherelativeindependen