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Yes, absolutely. Consider the obvious edge case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice) That's a "part ..
by duncan_bayne 9y ago
Yes, absolutely.
Consider the obvious edge case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)
That's a "part ... of their culture" that definitely warranted erasure, and which was erased in part by colonial forces, who in that case were absolutely morally correct to exercise their power in doing so.
- allthenews 9y agoBut what would you say to a nation militarily imperializing your own over some cultural practice of your own? Sure, you don't think any of your practices are abhorrent, but there are major religions who would disagree over, say, eating meat, or certain animals, conflicts over early and/or late term abortion, etc What, if anything, gives someone the right to force their subjective cultural views onto others? Are any cultural morals truly universal?