not actually a relativist. Thus, cultural relativism fails to be an adequate explanation of morality. The difference in morality from culture to culture is an interesting anthropological phenomenon, but it cannot give a satisfactory account of the basis of morality. The view that each society decides what is right and wrong is called conventionalism. Conventionalism The view that each society decides what is right and wrong is called conventionalism. In contrast to cultural relativism, which says
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