To be sure there are cultural differences. Some eat with a
spoon, some don’t. Some practice arranged marriage; some believe
that marriage is a personal choice. These are just a few
examples; and people conclude the cultural values are relative.
That’s fine for as long as you mean that cultural values are
relative to the country that practices it. A cultural value is
not any worse or better than a value of another culture. It’s
just different. Cultural relativism, you might say. What about
morality? If cultural relativism is accepted and acceptable, can
we likewise conclude that moral values are relative? What is
implied in moral relativism? An Indian mother living in Canada
had been convicted for ‘taking the life’ of her second daughter.
She and her husband have no sons. They wanted so much to have a
son. But, they didn’t. So, the mother did what she did. In
Canada, that’s a crime. In India, it’s a practice to which many
Indians in India adhered. It is a cultural value, and also
perceived as a moral value. Is