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Ethical Rationality In The United States
Some of these determinants include social position, race, gender, the level of education, and the presence of a disability. Thus, a person not belonging to a particular category within these determinants is viewed as less capable of reasoning and reaching ethical decisions. In the United States, commonly, the more desirable characteristics of ethical rationality are those of the majority, for example, being an affluent, healthy, native-born North American white
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