Cultural relativism is the position that there is no universal standard to measure cultures by, and that all cultural values and beliefs must be understood relative to their cultural context, and not judged based on outside norms and … See more

Herodotus (Histories 3.38) observes on the relativity of mores (νόμοι):
If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of … See more

Marcus and Fischer's attention to anthropology's refusal to accept Western culture's claims to universality implies that cultural relativism is a tool not only in cultural understanding, but in cultural critique. This points to the second front on which they believe … See more

The debates over the "Statement on Human Rights", then, was not merely over the validity of cultural relativism, or the question of what … See more

According to George E. Marcus and Michael M. J. Fischer:
20th century social and cultural anthropology has promised its still largely Western readership … See more

According to Marcus and Fischer, when the principle of cultural relativism was popularized after World War II, it came to be understood "more … See more

Several countries have used cultural relativism as a justification for limiting the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, … See more