Cultural practices can be reformed from within their own traditions rather than by outsiders.

Evidence

Oppressive actions can still be challenged, but they should be challenged from within the culture’s own traditions rather than from outsiders who claim to be morally superior. Thus, sati can be challenged by the principle of ahimsa, and genital cutting can be challenged from within Islam’s principle of avoiding damage to bodies. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1685

Categorization

• QUESTION: A recurring hard case in moral relativism debates; worth probing whether internal critique fully resolves the universalist worry.
• XREF: Ties to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ thread on moral-panic and outsider judgment of other cultures. — connects to: Moderners can reclaim sustainable practices from their own ancestral traditions. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1696; African philosophy must arise from its own cultural circumstances rather than replicate other traditions.; Cultural invasion makes the invaded objects rather than subjects of their own reality. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 485
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Moderners can reclaim sustainable practices from their own ancestral traditions. #expands (0.85) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1696
• African philosophy must arise from its own cultural circumstances rather than replicate other traditions. #exemplifies (0.82)
• Cultural invasion makes the invaded objects rather than subjects of their own reality. #complicates (0.75) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 485