PHIL1001 ESSAY Evaluate Rachel’s arguments against cultural relativism. Is he right to endorse objective moral realism? DINH NAM TRAN 308213904 Cultural relativism‚ as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. “Is the thesis that a person’s culture strongly influences her modes of perception and thought” Most cultural relativists add to this definition saying that there is no standard of morality. This means that morality is relative to the particular society that one lives in
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students. Moreover‚ they are also similar‚ because it becomes a book in the movie. For instance‚ the students published a book in their diaries‚ because Ms.Gruwell’s friend donated computers to the students. Over all‚ the book and the movie share similarities. However‚ The Freedom Writers book and movie are different‚ because Ms.Gruwell’s relationship and the male white student named Ben. The first difference is that Ms.Gruwell is not married the book. As an example‚ in the book she is “Ms.Gruwell
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good afternoon everyone‚ today i am going talk about the impact of americanization‚ First of all i will talk abiut some background of americanization and then i will talk about the positive and negative impact of it. what does americanisation mean?The word‚ of couse has many meanings‚definitions and descriptions. the impact and influence of the US on the culture‚ politics‚business practices and technology of other countries. Nowadays‚ people view America in the form of a role model and a leader
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the movie that differed from the book did not make any significant changes to the story told by the author of the book. In the book‚ Watson travels to the gravesite alone. But‚ in the movie no message was sent. The book and the movie have many similarities‚ but there are also differences. In the book‚ a telegram was sent to Berrymore. and likewise in the movie‚ Holmes and Watson inspect a walking stick. Berrymore confesses that the escaped convict is her brother Sheldon‚ in the same way she did in
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used to generate an infinite variety of messages (Wayne Weiten‚ 2008). The universal concept of language refers to the cognitive faculty that allowing human being to learn and also use the system of complex communication in their daily life. As for cultural identity‚ it is being defined as the identity of a certain group of culture of a particular person. In American anthropology‚ culture can be interpreted as sets of ideal life practices and routines that are being set up by people that come from different
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rude and unfriendly to customers. They have no sense of urgency or respect for customers and employees When comparing and contrasting Ross and Wal-Mart you can see the difference why I had love for one and hate for another. There were a lot of similarities and lot of differences both stores helped me and introduced me to the business side of life. Despite the positives and negatives at each job I can truly say that I learned at both jobs that even if you do hate your job you can always take it and
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Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Plath explore the theme of mortality in Hamlet and Lady Lazarus. In both Lady Lazarus and Hamlet the semantic field of mortality and death can be clearly seen. Hamlet’s second soliloquy‚ ‘To be or not to be’ can be found in act three‚ when Polonius and Claudius are hiding behind a wall listening to how Hamlet responds to Ophelia. Although there is a huge time difference between when they were written it is surprisingly similar in its semantic field of
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illustrate the changes and development of the creative/cultural industry due to the effects of globalisation. Globalisation‚ according to the Collins Dictionary is “"process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally‚ largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications". “The cultural industries have moved closer to the centre of the economic action in many countries and across much of the world. Cultural industry companies can no longer be seen as secondary
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cross-road dancing‚ and sports. 2. There are several similarities to the poem about the highwayman and the story of Patricia and Frankie. In "The Highwayman" Bess‚ the landlord’s daughter was not allowed to talk to the highway man because of her father. This is similar to "Typhoid Fever" because Frank and Patricia were not allowed to talk to each other because the nuns and nurses wouldn’t allow it because of their diseases. Another similarity is that Bess dies in “The Highwayman” and Patricia dies
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is even actually quite similar to any sport that you play and all you sportsmen would relate extremely well to this corollary and can understand the sentiments behind the same. Homework is similar to sport in several different ways. The first similarity between the two is the necessity of being thorough and completely well-versed with the basics and the basic concepts and theories. In sports‚ if you don’t know the basic rules and the basic and main strategies that govern the game‚ you cannot do
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