Cultural diversity is, therefore, a necessary consequence of human nature, and so it is good for us. It is good that particular practices are made habitual by localized socialization and are “owned” in a sense by a particular place and people. It is good that the particularity of each community distinguishes it from the others. Even the in-group/out-group distinction is good, since it establishes who “we” are in relation to “them”—effectively bounding particular expectations and preserving cultural distinctives.
