CULTURAL

RELATIVISM
Culture is the totality of beliefs, customs ,traditions & values

shared by the members of the group.

CHARACTERISTICS OF
CULTURE
• Culture is learned.
• Culture is shared by a group of people.
• Culture is ideational.
• Culture is dynamic.

• Culture is diverse.
• Culture gives a range of permissible behavior.
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
is the principle that an individual's beliefs and activities
should be understood by others in terms of that
individual's own culture.
In other words, “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific;
what is considered moral in one society may be
considered immoral in another, and, since no universal
standard of morality exists, no one has the right to judge
another society’s customs.
POLYGAMY
INFANTICIDE
PRE-MARITAL SEX
GENOCIDE