Benedict views morality as dependent on the varying histories and environments of different cultures. In this essay she assembles an impressive amount of data from anthropological research of tribal behavior on an island in northwest Melanesia from which she draws her conclusion that moral relativism is the correct view of moral principles.
-Benedict acknowledges that at least some moral principles are universally valid.

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Ruth Benedict, in her works, argues for cultural relativism, suggesting that moral principles are not universally valid but rather culturally relative, meaning they vary significantly across different societies.

Benedict Views Morality as Dependent on the Varying Histories and Environments