Benedict Views Morality as Dependent on the Varying Histories and Environments

question 14

True/False

Benedict views morality as dependent on the varying histories and environments of different cultures. In this essay she assembles an impressive amount of data from anthropological research of tribal behavior on an island in northwest Melanesia from which she draws her conclusion that moral relativism is the correct view of moral principles.
-Ethical relativists can legitimately claim that slavery is evil in any culture.

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