Benhabib reconsiders aspects of the cultural relativism–universalism debate via sociological hypotheses regarding the reproduction and interdependence of cultures. After taking issue with relativist views that have neglected the existence of debate and opposition within traditional cultures, Benhabib builds on Richard Rorty's ethnocentric liberalism to argue that cultural views are not radically incommensurable with one another and that there is sufficient common ground among cultures to create a global dialogical community that transcends ethnocentric particularism.