When Does Understanding Another Person's Moral System Become Stockholm Syndrome? [This article, by Dr Ray Prebble, follows directly on from “On Being a Garbled Relativist”, republished at Urtica Ferox on 18 March 2020. It is adapted from a chapter in Ray’s forthcoming book, A Guide for the Modern Thinker: Meditations on the Universe and the Plight of Humanity . To a large extent it is self-contained, but readers will get more from it by reading “On Being a Garbled Relativist” first.] I know from experience that if you are unfamiliar with the discussion in this area, the concept of cultural relativism and the arguments against it can take a while to sink in. So let’s step back and take stock. Cultural relativism is based on the idea that, as a matter of fact, cultures differ in their moral views. That is its strength. Having said this, no moral conclusions can be drawn about how different cultures with different moral systems ought to treat each other. Tha...