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The author draws on case studies from sources as diverse as the Aztecs and the Australian aboriginals to illustrate debates such as: can we ever have a shared morality?; can concepts of \"rightness\" and \"wrongness\" ever be absolute?; does moral relativism pose a threat to human rights? 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