Benedict Views Morality as Dependent on the Varying Histories and Environments

question 1

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.
-According to Benedict, normality is objectively defined.

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Definitions:

Complexes Formation

The process by which related emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes organize around a common theme, often unconsciously, as described in psychoanalytic theory.

Rational Psychological Functions

Cognitive activities employed by an individual to perceive and interpret information in a logical and reasoned manner.

Imagining

The action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.

Intuiting

The process of understanding or knowing something immediately without conscious reasoning.