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Essay / Cultural Relativism Essay - 730
Although their actions differed significantly, none operated outside of their subject's moral framework, and none of their actions were objectively good or objectively bad. Morality is no longer just a question of preference. Hitler prefers genocide, but not Mother Teresa; neither is right, it's just a difference of opinion. Consistently, living under the structure of subjective morality results in chaos, where might makes right, and the loser has no reason to object. If Hitler has the power to impose his morality on others, there is no objective reason to complain about it, nor any basis for claiming that he was wrong to do so. If a man can overpower a woman and rape her, no crime is committed; he simply exercises his personal morality