Benedict Views Morality as Dependent on the Varying Histories and Environments

question 8

Multiple Choice

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.
-According to Benedict, the small number of deviants in any society is testament to

• A) the discovery of fundamental sanities.
• B) the fact that most people readily take any shape that is presented to them by society.
• C) the consistency of values across cultures.
• D) objective morality.

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