But what we probably recognize is that through history there were cultures with practices that were cruel and horrible. First, there is the argument for relativism from disagreement . The argument from disagreement goes like this, 1. Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore, what any individual ought to do is merely a matter of the opinion of that culture and opinions vary from culture to culture.
Different cultures have different moral codes.
Therefore, there is no moral code that is objectively right. However, this is just wrong. According to relativists there is an objective moral truth and there is a moral code that is objectively right. The objective moral truth is, The standards by which the conduct of any individual should be measured are the mores of the community to which that individual belongs. Thus, a relativist would just say you are wrong to apply your moral standards to those of the Eskimos - to do so is to violate the one moral objective truth, that the standards by which the conduct of any individual should be measured are the mores of the community to which that individual belongs.