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Stop to Think 6

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Q The videos and primary texts are accompanied with a short description and often a question to guide your focus. Thinking of each of them is essential for understanding certain class material. In this assignment, you will respond to one of them by writing a concise, thorough paragraph (around 150 words). In his article The Challenge of Cultural Relativism, Rachels talks about the three main consequences of taking seriously this view (The Consequences of taking Cultural Relativism seriously). Explain each of them separately, and use your own original examples to illustrate them.

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Rachels makes the case that the notion of cultural relativism is fallacious, that it produces improbable results, and that moral standards are not totally dissimilar. In addition, Rachels comes to the conclusion that social norms are what determine what is good or bad and that cultural relativism encourages us to keep an open mind. Rachels begins by pointing out that the conclusion does not always flow from the premises, which renders the argument about cultural differences flawed.