Cultural relativism in the peace core The Peace Corps is an organization that was created forty years ago by President Kennedy. His primary intention was two-fold; first, he envisioned giving the citizens of the United States an opportunity to serve their country by promoting peace around the world without having to serve in the military. And second, he hoped to prevent a collective ignorance among diplomats concerning other countries, in hope of making our foreign …showed first 75 words of 770 total…

…showed last 75 words of 770 total…culture, then you will be unable to fully grasp what is going on around you, or begin to understand the people. Utilizing cultural relativism enables people to incorporate knowledge of another culture into their own, without imposing their own customs or preconceived ideas into that culture. I feel that cultural relativism is essential in order to grow as a person and to broaden our perspective of cultures and beliefs that are different than our own.