| A | B |
| philos | Greek for love |
| sophos | Greek for wisdom |
| thesis | first idea |
| antithesis | opposing idea |
| synthesis | compromise/new thesis |
| Hegel | author of the synthesis dialectic |
| Cultural Relativism | every cultural practice is acceptable |
| Universalism | certain moral standards apply to all |
| Author of Cultural Relativism | Franz Boas |
| The Ten Commandments | Judeo-Christian society universal |
| Objectivism in Ontological terms | similar to Universalism |
| Constructionism in Ontological terms | similar to Cultural Relativism |