To regard people as 'temporarily backward' rather than 'permanently different' is to accept that while people are potentially equal, cultures definitely are not; it is to accept the idea of social and moral progress; that it would be far better if everybody had the chance to live in the type of society or culture that best promoted human advancement.

Mmmmm... acho que mais cedo ou mais tarde eu vou ter que conciliar minha crença simultânea em perspectivas iluminista e multiculturalista. Não que elas sejam mutuamente excludentes por princípios, mas há muito atrito entre elas.