James Rachels, The Challenge Of Cultural Relativism - Five Claims Of Cultural Relativism

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher James Rachels' essay, The Challenge of Cultural Relativism, found in his Elements of Moral Philosophy. Specifically it examines five main claims that are typically made by advocates of cultural relativism. These bear upon the differences in moral norms, cultural practices, and sentiments between different cultures, and what implications we can draw from those. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase James Rachels' Elements of Moral Philosophy here - https://amzn.to/2GhPtNx