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An advantage of cultural relativism is that: it does not impose the standards of one culture on judgments of abnormality. it does not adopt a continuum perspective of abnormal behavior; rather, it is an either/or proposition. there is a tendency to view all behaviors that are unusual, or deviant, as abnormal. it allows those in power to label and silence minorities by labeling them as abnormal.

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it does not impose the standards of one culture on judgments of abnormality

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Cultural relativism can be defined simply as the belief that each person's culture is the standard by which actions are to be measured.what is veiwed moral in one society may be said to be immoral in another, since no universal standard of morality exists, no one has the right to judge another society's customs.

Mostly, the two fundamental beliefs of cultural relativism is that no ethical system is better than any other and the other is every society needs structure and ethical standards to survive.

cultural relativism is important as it helps to broadens our perspective and contribute to critical examination of our own assumptions and beliefs, help to bring humility and acceptance to other different ways of life and also help guard against imposing our cultural norms on others and confusing it with the gospel.

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