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Oh this insane sad beast man!"
(Nietzsche, 1288).
This clearly demonstrates more than simply a sheer intolerance for the beliefs of other people but a profound disrespect which orbits around a sense of mockery and derision. Cultural relativism doesn't offer such criticism and profound judgement for other cultures such as this. While certain cultural relativists might disagree with the beliefs or practices of members of other cultures, there absolutely wouldn't be this level of condemnation and ridicule.
Furthermore, it's not just Christianity that Nietzsche ridicules. Essentially, Nietzsche derides any culture that has belief systems which put a precedent on sacrifices and achievements. One could easily formulate an argument that some of the most successful societies were built fundamentally on those two elements exclusively. Rather, Nietzsche finds them intolerable and makes it abundantly clear...
"Here the conviction holds sway that it is only through the sacrifices and achievements of the ancestors that the clan exists at all -- and that one has to repay them through sacrifices and achievements: one thereby acknowledges a debt that is continually growing" (Nietzsche, 1286). Cultural relativisim simply has no place in Nietzsche's over-judgmental and over-critical universe. He has no problem explaining how and why he feels the belief systems of a range of peoples to be particularly ludicrous.
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EBSCO. (2009). Cultural Relativism. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com: http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-1247.pdf
Morgan, M.L. (2011). Classics of Moral and Political Theory. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing.
Works Cited
EBSCO. (2009). Cultural Relativism. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com: http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-1247.pdf
Morgan, M.L. (2011). Classics of Moral and Political Theory. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing.
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