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Essay / Critique of Cultural Relativism - 900
It is flawed in the sense that it underestimates similarities and overestimates differences between cultures, which proves that there is a universal standard of ethics among all human beings when we understand the context and rules of morality that are consistent across cultures. We are all capable of judging the cultures of others and our own cultures, because that is how moral progress is accomplished. If there is moral progress and a universal ethical standard, cultural relativism cannot do it.