This implication of Cultural Relativism is disturbing because few of us think that our society’s code is perfect—we can think of ways it might be improved. Yet Cultural Relativism would not only...

This implication of Cultural Relativism is disturbing because few of us think that our society’s code is perfect—we can think of ways it might be improved. Yet Cultural Relativism would not only forbid us from criticizing the codes of other societies; it would stop us from criticizing our own. After all, if right and wrong are relative to culture, this must be true for our own culture just as much as for others.