"The implications of cultural relativism are so disturbing that it (cultural relativism) must be rejected." The implications of cultural relativism are not disturbing and should not be rejected. To observe the theory of cultural relativism, one must first begin with an open mind. Think on this… the planet we inhabit is almost unthinkably massive. Nonetheless, within this world there are massive amounts of people. Many of these people belong to different cultures and societies. Every …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…lives of our “living” family for that of the cow. Furthermore, people in our society are not likely to starve their families over a superstitious belief, but the people in the other society would. Should we condemn the other society for its belief system? I think not. Cultural relativism is an evident theory to apply in situations such as this. It is clear that the true answer to the question of ethics is, cultural relativism.