University of Utah. Department of Philosophy, publisher
Date
1973-12-27
Date Digital
2013-05-24
Temporal Coverage
1973
Spatial Coverage
Utah; Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject
Philosophy--Study and teaching. ; Cultural relativism
Keywords
philosophy; cultural relativism; laws; customs; morals
Description
Discusses the concept of cultural relativism as defining right and wrong by each culture's achievements. Introduces theories of philosophers such as: William Graham Sumner. This lecture concludes that cultural relativism is not enough to set up prescriptive questions to address moral issues of our life and conflicts in the world. Part of collection A0212.