Which of the following is most accurate? If taken to an extreme, cultural relativism can lead to

a. the belief that no cultural customs or practices are ever immoral.
b. a greater amount of ethnocentrism between developing nations.
c. the development of a unified global culture.
d. increased amounts of cultural diversity and tolerance.
e. more warfare.


ANS: A

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