The first question that popped into mind was what does “culturally relative” mean.
Cultural relativism is the idea that one’s morals, beliefs, ethics and customs are relative to the context in which one lives. Donnelly explains his reasoning behind his statement “human rights are not in any important way culturally relative” by stating that to him, culture only explains little of the importance about the development of ideas and practices of human rights or rights that we have in the contemporary world. Donnelly feels as though no particular culture is by nature either compatible or incompatible with human rights. It is a matter of what particular people or societies make of and do with their cultural resources. Donnelly goes on to make
Cultural relativism is the idea that one’s morals, beliefs, ethics and customs are relative to the context in which one lives. Donnelly explains his reasoning behind his statement “human rights are not in any important way culturally relative” by stating that to him, culture only explains little of the importance about the development of ideas and practices of human rights or rights that we have in the contemporary world. Donnelly feels as though no particular culture is by nature either compatible or incompatible with human rights. It is a matter of what particular people or societies make of and do with their cultural resources. Donnelly goes on to make