Cultural and universal values --- I've been really interested, throughout the course, on how our positioning walks the line between deferring to local contexts and attempting universal principles, drawing from a series of values. I suppose the rule of thumb is that the closer our analysis gets to practical matters (as in this week's analysis) the more we need to acknowledge each place as different and grounded by different traditions, religions or other factors.

Source author: Murdoch Stephens murdoch.stephens@redcross.org.nz