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Single Idea 1910
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism
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Full Idea
It is a shameful thing with us for men to wear earrings, but among some of the barbarians, such as the Syrians, it is a token of nobility.
Gist of Idea
With us it is shameful for men to wear earrings, but among Syrians it is considered noble
Source
Sextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism [c.180], III.203)
Book Ref
Sextus Empiricus: 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Prometheus 1990], p.257
The
12 ideas
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[role of culture in shaping individual knowledge]:
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1559
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Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment
[Anon (Diss)]
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1561
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Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others
[Anon (Diss)]
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1560
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Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl
[Anon (Diss)]
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1910
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With us it is shameful for men to wear earrings, but among Syrians it is considered noble
[Sext.Empiricus]
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1911
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Even if all known nations agree on a practice, there may be unknown nations which disagree
[Sext.Empiricus]
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5303
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For the proletariate, law, morality and religion are just expressions of bourgeois interests
[Marx/Engels]
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2877
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Morality becomes a problem when we compare many moralities
[Nietzsche]
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3868
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To proclaim cultural relativism is to thereby rise above it
[Quine, by Newton-Smith]
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1490
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You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture
[Nagel]
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10356
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Relativism can be seen as about the rationality of different cultural traditions
[MacIntyre, by Kusch]
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4934
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Cultures have a common core of colour naming, based on three axes of colour pairs
[Edelman/Tononi]
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10498
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Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions
[Ellen]
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