James Rachels, The Challenge Of Cultural Relativism - Universal Values In Differing Cultures

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 the issue whether - as cultural relativists tend to claim - moral norms really are not shared across differing cultures, so that each culture would have its own set of moral norms. Rachels argues for a form of soft universalism, which holds that, while cultural practices may differ considerably, there are some general moral norms acknowledged by the different cultures. 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