You know everything can be criticised and all opinions are just theories. Take French theory's exhortations to relativism.
Tolerance of cultural diversity, is a good thing you would have to agree. But is a 'soap' equal to Macbeth, rap on a par with Mozart? If you say they are not you are elitist, if you say they are on a par, you are a philistine.
But if we move on to more serious issues such as the moral relativist claim '...all cultural practices
that exist in 'other' parts of the world should be respected on their own terms. I am sure they didn't mean (barbarisms to Western or anyones eyes) say female genital mutilation, or nearer to home, the ongoing male genital mutilation.
So the claim of a moral relativist, is not relativism but
absolutism. The overarching relativist view is absolutism and can be viewed as contradictory.
Don't ge me wrong I am still a big fan of French theory, but like everyone else they sometimes got it wrong. Mind you they covered themselves by calling it 'Theory'.
Tolerance of cultural diversity, is a good thing you would have to agree. But is a 'soap' equal to Macbeth, rap on a par with Mozart? If you say they are not you are elitist, if you say they are on a par, you are a philistine.
But if we move on to more serious issues such as the moral relativist claim '...all cultural practices
that exist in 'other' parts of the world should be respected on their own terms. I am sure they didn't mean (barbarisms to Western or anyones eyes) say female genital mutilation, or nearer to home, the ongoing male genital mutilation.
So the claim of a moral relativist, is not relativism but
absolutism. The overarching relativist view is absolutism and can be viewed as contradictory.
Don't ge me wrong I am still a big fan of French theory, but like everyone else they sometimes got it wrong. Mind you they covered themselves by calling it 'Theory'.
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