Anthropology's ethics: Moral positionalism, cultural relativism, and critical analysis

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-480

  Caduff, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

critical analysis; cultural relativism; ethics; moral anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455194506     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499611428921     Document Type: Article

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