The Problem with Moral Relativism | Joel Robbins

The Problem with Moral Relativism | Joel Robbins

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Cambridge anthropologist Joel Robbins explains why moral relativism is wrong and from remote groups in Papua New Guinea to Pentecostal Christians, he goes in search of what values and desires around the world can tell us about the nature of morality.

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Joel Robbins: Joel Robbins is the Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology as well as the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change and a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.

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