Are all cultures equally valid morally?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are all cultures equally valid morally?". Your opponent's style: Christopher Hitchens

Yes all cultures are valid morally because cultures are based on socially accepted practises ingrained as habits across communities and have a strong foothold nothing these communities.

You've just described *why* they're not morally valid—not why they are. Habit and social acceptance prove nothing about morality. Slavery was deeply ingrained across countless communities for millennia. Female genital mutilation remains a cultural "practice" in parts of Africa and the Middle East. Honor killings are normalized in some societies. Were these morally acceptable because communities accepted them? Morality isn't a democracy. The fact that billions believe something doesn't make it right. A culture's age or entrenchment only means the injustice runs deeper. By your logic, any atrocity becomes defensible the moment enough people inherit it as tradition. What makes a practice moral—community consensus or actual human harm?

In lens of morality, you are right, some practises seen though humanity lens are not right

Now you're caving already. Good. But let's be precise about what you just admitted: you've conceded the entire argument. If some practices are "not right through humanity's lens," then cultures are *not* equally valid morally. Full stop. You can't have it both ways—saying cultures are equally valid while acknowledging some are objectively wrong. That's intellectual surrender dressed up as nuance. The real question becomes: what's this "humanity's lens"? It's universal moral principles that transcend culture. Suffering matters regardless of zip code. Consent matters. Dignity matters. These aren't Western impositions—they're human truths that cultures either honor or violate. So which is it: are cultures equal or aren't they?