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Moral Univeralism, Cultural Relativism and The Sambians
The term "moral universalism" causes some disquiet among people. Many think that the term implies a set of contextual norms that are to be universally applied as a set of moral justifications. With the application of particular contextual norms in the 20th centuries - especially those related to totalitarian governments (e.g., "Race" as a justification by Nazi Germany and "Class" as a justification by Stalin's Soviet Union) or the more medieval and religious ways of thinking.
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The term "moral universalism" causes some disquiet among people. Many think that the term implies a set of contextual norms that are to be universally applied as a set of moral justifications. With the application of particular contextual norms in the 20th centuries - especially those related to totalitarian governments (e.g., "Race" as a justification by Nazi Germany and "Class" as a justification by Stalin's Soviet Union) or the more medieval and religious ways of thinking.
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