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Alison Renteln Capital Punishment Analysis

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Alison Dundes Renteln, whom is a relativist, would promote the fact that the Muslims are continuing a tradition in their culture that has been happening for so many years and that their enculturation (the way they are brought up) is the way that shapes their society and the whole mind-set of how bad adultery is according to them (Renteln 6). According to Renteln, "the denial of the existence of cultural traditions on the grounds of a lack of unanimity is manifestly absurd" (Renteln 12). Their morals and values about adultery that they believe should be committed as a capital punishment also shapes their reasoning, their perceptions and their behaviors (Renteln 10). For instance, Muslims have always been accustomed to the notion that men are

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