While in the his time on the Inuit, Barger learned to take part in social relativism. Social relativism ‘s the habit of examining a culture because of the its very own conditions unlike watching it from the contact lens of one’s individual society. The fresh anthropologist Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) contended that each and every people has an internal consistent pattern off envision and you can step, and this alone is the reason for judging the merits and you may morality of your culture’s methods. Cultural relativism needs an open brain and you may a willingness to take on, as well as adapt to, the fresh values and norms. (more…)