Many western cultures find the practice of clitoral excision to be unethical, immoral, and disturbing because it isn’t considered the “norm” in our culture. The mutilation of women genitalia can be seen as a violation of her rights as well as the violation of her body. There are many arguments that are either against or for the idea of practicing clitoral excision because of both ethical and cultural relativism.
Ethical relativism is described as a theory that morality is based on the standards of one’s culture; whether something is right or wrong depends on the norms of that specific society. In chapter one Paul Taylor states, “Those who believe what they are told by others is blindfolded and can be left in the dark about certain realities
Ethical relativism is described as a theory that morality is based on the standards of one’s culture; whether something is right or wrong depends on the norms of that specific society. In chapter one Paul Taylor states, “Those who believe what they are told by others is blindfolded and can be left in the dark about certain realities