global citizenship and the challenge of cultural relativism

Question 1

american anth. assoc. objection to the dec. of human rights

Answer 1

mid 20th cent., didn’t acknowledge the many diff ways a good/just life can be acieved, too ethnocentric.
for decades, common view amongst anthropologists was that universalist moral norms were fanciful + imperialist

Question 2

cultural objection to cult. relativsm

Answer 2

since cultures aren’t homogenous, stable, or bounded (boundaries are fuzzy), it doesn’t make much sense to talk about them as if they’re natural/inherent

Question 3

globalisation and cult. relativism

Answer 3

w the world rapidly becoming a single (if morally bumpy/diverse) place, v diff cultures (tribes etc) started wanting to separate from frequently authoritarian cultures (indian women wanting to escape patriarchy)

Question 4

cosmopolitanism

Answer 4

not universalism, but method of dialogue and respect between drastically diff cultures which can lead to agreement and change. since cult. relativism and universalism aren’t viable, cosmopolitinism important/best option for dealing w difference