Essays Tagged: "Cultural relativism"
Relativism, The Tangible Theory
is best answered by a single moral standard, while others debate if there can be a single solution. Cultural Relativism explores the idea that there can be no one moral standard that applies to everyo ... other hand, states that a universal sense of duty, would most benefit humankind. I believe that the Cultural Relativist theory takes into consideration the different cultures that make up the populati ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Cultural Relativism: Moral Beliefs A nearly full coverage and great paper on the meaning and the way we play it out in everyday life.
Cultural Relativism: Moral BeliefsCultural relativism is the viewpoint and belief that there are no ... t is morally right and what is morally wrong are only relative to a particular, individual society. Cultural relativism implies that what is "good" is what is "socially approved" to a culture.Beliefs, ... a good case for different cultures having different moral views. I believe that at a surface level cultural relativism holds some merit, however if we look deeper into the issue we can find a flawed, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
What is ethnocentrism and cultural relativism and what problems do they present?
Ethnocentrism is a person's use of their own cultural "norms", values and morals to judge another culture. We tend to view the way in which we th ... impair judgments and make finds less relevant. It is the place of the anthropologists to try to use cultural relativism when studying a foreign culture.Cultural relativism would be the attempt of an a ... of other cultures. There can, however, also be difficulties in certain cases when actually putting cultural relativism into practice. Aren't there some exceptions to the notion of detached observatio ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
The Power Of Perspective.
The Power of PerspectiveIn our day and age, the issue of cultural relativism is a very perplexing topic to discuss. When can one say that another's actions a ... ll, after reading and analyzing the book Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, I realize that I am a cultural relativist to an extent. I believe that any type of, so called, "bizarre" practice is merel ... op the Nazi's because their actions against the Jews were undoubtedly an act through hatred and not cultural practices. It would be ridiculous to say that it is in the Nazi heritage of killing Jews an ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Cultural Relativism of Philosophy:-.
Cultural Relativism and Human RightsCultures with their morals differ from each other across the wor ... at indifference comes a conflict about which morals are right. James Rachels challenges the idea of cultural relativism. In this paper I review Benedicts concept and compare it to Rachels challenge, o ... cts concept and compare it to Rachels challenge, offering my reasoning for disagreement as well.The Cultural Relativism theory puts forth the idea that what is morally right, is relative to the cultur ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
"Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics", by Steve Wilson.
e with most of his opinions that he lets slip.The first ethical belief that the author discusses is Cultural Relativism. It talks about the how diversity is becoming more and more apparent between dif ... ccepted in one part of the world are considered abhorrent in another, for example: human sacrifice. Cultural Relativism claims that there are no absolute standards for moral judgment. Basically says t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Critique of Female Circumcision.
excision and call it brutal. However, is the debate over female circumcision a case merely based on cultural relativism or can it be argued that excision is a violation of basic human rights that cann ... (Rachels 31). Fauzia's story, and the many resembling it, have been the center of discourse between cultural relativists and those who feel that female circumcision is inherently immoral aside from th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Cultural Relativism: Is truth defined by our culture or our culture by truth?
In his article "Cultural relativism and cultural values", Melville Herkovits defines the principle of cultural relat ... nterpreted by each individual in terms of his own enculturation" (26). This is the basic premise of cultural relativism, that beliefs, values, and morals are all based on one's culture. Therefore, sin ... right and wrong, there can be no moral absolutes. Since there are no absolutes, under this view of cultural relativism all moral views determined by one's culture are deemed true whether they conflic ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Cultural Relativism
situations. "Different societies have different moral codes" (Rachels 618). This claim is known as Cultural Relativism. "Cultural Relativism, as it has been called, challenges our ordinary belief in ... moral truth. There is no such thing as universal truth in ethics: there there are only the various cultural codes, and nothing more. Moreover, our own code has no special status, it is merely one amo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
"What exactly is "cultural relativism" in metaethics? Is cultural relatisim true? Can cultural relativists uphold the principle of cultural tolerance?
Cultural relativism is one of many alternatives within the domain of metaethics, a theory relating t ... auvinistic. James Rachels illustrates how the theory is false by pointing out that even persistent, culturally-aligned disagreement is not necessarily grounds for relativism as well as analyzing the c ... ving and hence morally unattractive. There is also the problem relating to the relationship between cultural relativism and the principle of cultural tolerance which illustrates the impossibility for ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Cultural relativism; Moral relativism; Subjectivism
Cultural relativism is the piece of the ethical pie that states differentcultures have different mor ... the matter.I have found out that the decisions of what is right and what is wrong often is based oncultural relativism. For example: There are severl young women of Hispanic origin inmy community. Se ... c community it is not frowned upon when a child as young as 15 or 16 ispregnant. This is considered culturally correct. The young girls of nonHispanic originview this person as someone who did somethi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Ethnocentrism And Cultural Relativism
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism are opposing but still complimentary force ... om the perspective of one's own.ethno"¢centric, adj.ethno"¢centri"¢cal"¢ly, adv.Cultural Relativism does not appear to have a definition listed in a dictionary however it is the pr ... t case. Unfortunately ethnocentrism is the cause of many wars. Ironically the US was labeled as the Cultural Relativism that countered Milosevic's ethnocentrism. The US is not totally innocent of the ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Sociology Of My FAmily
teracted and this portrayed a small group.My mother's side of the family is mostly Irish, and shows cultural relativism in so far as the use relatives' actions to solidify their own decisions. My rela ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
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judge the way on how a parent or both parents raise their children. Then there is social or cultural relativism. Social or cultural relativism is an ethical view that varies from society to so ... hat varies from society to society. It is based on the basis for moral judgments lying in social or cultural views. The easiest way to describe this is people should act the way the norms of society t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Difference Between Individuals And Social Or Cultu
judge the way on how a parent or both parents raise their children. Then there is social or cultural relativism. Social or cultural relativism is an ethical view that varies from society to so ... hat varies from society to society. It is based on the basis for moral judgments lying in social or cultural views. The easiest way to describe this is people should act the way the norms of society t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
What exactly is cultural relativism in metaethics? Is cultural relativism true? Can cultural relativists uphold the principle of cultural tolerance?
of objective and absolute values; the source of our values; and the nature of our moral judgments. Cultural relativism is a theory within the domains of metaethics which attempts to answer these ques ... e questions, but in doing so raises its own problematic questions, such as whether or not we can be culturally tolerant and not criticize other cultures, whether or not society can morally progress an ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Supply Chain Management in Purchasing
section analyses what are the crucial problems caused by overseas' purchasing in raising issues of cultural relativism and cultural imperialism.2.The ethical issues relating to suppliersAs the code o ... nd unwillingness of the employee to take holidays or accept a transfer or promotion to other work.4.Cultural relativism and Cultural imperialismMore and more people are concentrating on the issues of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Jesus at 2000
we view things, and admits that his approach is shaped by his awareness of religious pluralism and cultural relativism that has intensified for most people as the twentieth century has come to an end ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Ethics Essay - Moral Relativism
all people at all times in history (The University of Notre Dame). For example, the ability for one cultural group to pass judgment on any situation, when the same situation would be treated different ... same situation would be treated differently by another cultural group. Thus showing that different cultural groups of people have different perspectives on what is morally right or wrong.Pojman (2006 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
You Are What You Eat
ood eaten in different cultures will be discussed. Also in this paper there will be a discussion on cultural diversity and diet. Included in this paper will be a discussion on the sociological theorie ... ict theory, and interactionism. Also included in the discussion will be the terms ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.Cultural Diversity and DietThe story of "you are what you eat? An exploration in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology