Benedict Views Morality as Dependent on the Varying Histories and Environments

question 4

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.
-Benedict acknowledges that at least some moral principles are universally valid.

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Definitions:

Treatments

In experimental research, the conditions applied to different groups of participants to observe potential changes in behavior or outcomes.

Factor

An element or constituent that contributes to a result or outcome.

Population Means

The average value of a characteristic in a population, and a parameter that is often estimated from sample data.

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare means of three or more samples, testing the hypothesis that all samples are taken from populations with the same mean.