How to Ace Cultural Relativism Questions on Your Exam

Are you consistently losing points on Cultural Relativism because of using it to justify human rights abuses? If so, you're making the exact same error as 80% of your class.

Inside the Professor's Mind

Professors don't write Cultural Relativism questions to test your basic memorization. They write them to test if you will fall for the classic pitfall: using it to justify human rights abuses.

When you sit down for the exam, write that specific trap at the top of your paper so you don't forget it.

What A Correct Answer Looks Like

Cultural relativism means studying a culture without judging it by your own standards. However, sociologists struggle when this concept is used as an excuse to defend extreme practices like human trafficking or violence.

If your scratch paper doesn't look like that, you are losing points.

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