[MD] Relativism

[MarshaV]

On May 18, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Steven Peterson wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:04 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> Can't you decide if genital mutilation, as a pattern or an actual
>> event, is of high or low value?  Do you need an intellectually
>> sanctioned theory to tell you?
> 
> 
> Steve:
> I think this is exactly the right sort of question, but I think you
> are asking the wrong person. It is DMB who seems to think that Rorty
> is dangerous for not having such an intellectual theory and for
> doubting the possibility of ever having such a philosophical grounding
> for saying whether ritual female genital mutilation is good or bad.
> 
> Best,
> Steve


Hi Steve,

You are probably correct, but dmb's responses are...insistent, but unclear.
Btw, there are those who think circumcision is a form of male genital 
mutilation, but it is a accepted social custom.  Strange those cultural 
glasses.


Marsha



 
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