Practice question · Multiple choice
A fieldworker suspends judgement on a practice she finds abhorrent so that she can understand it. Why is that methodological relativism and not moral approval?
Hints
- Distinguish a method from a conclusion.
- Does understanding why something happens settle whether it should?
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B. Because suspending judgement is a tool, not a verdict
Why
Methodological relativism is an instruction about how to look, not a verdict. Collapsing it into moral relativism is the standard error, and it makes the position indefensible for no analytical gain.
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