ABSTRACT

THEterm"culturalrelativism"hasbecomea convenientlabelforourtimescoveringsome positiveinsightsandsomeoutrighterrors.Like anynameitmeansdifferentthingstodifferent people.Myconcerninthispaperistopoint outwhatItaketobesomeofitsinsightsand errors.Mostofitserrorsseemtometoresult fromsomecrucialambiguities.Untiltheseare distinguisheditisimpossibletoevaluateits claims.Whataresomeoftheseclaimsandtheir ambiguities?