... of cultural relativism requires its application to events of moral ambiguity, so as to explore its ability as a legitimate moral framework. The quintessential example of such an event can be seen through the cultural responses to the September 11 attacks on the United States of America. Almost three thousand civilians were dead, and it was believed that nothing could possibly justify such an ... leaves us unable to make necessary criticisms of human rights abuses, of the systematic oppression of women, indeed, of the very destruction wreaked by the colonial powers on their colonies. Jud...

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