The doctrine of cultural relativism asserts that

a. there is no universal set of standards whereby cultural practices can be judged morally, and thus what is right in one culture at one time may be wrong in another culture at another time
b. one cannot make moral judgments about cultures
c. the standards for judging cultures must be those of a society's elite social
groups
d. the standards for judging cultures can only be those shared by the majority of
the population


a

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