between relativism and universalism ideologies has been going on for several years now. There have been many highly respected people agreeing and disagreeing on which belief is right and wrong. The two well known are American Anthropologist Ruth Benedict and Dr. Louis Pojman. Upon reading their work‚ I found both of them to have very excellent points. I found myself hard to just pick one ideology. After reading both of their ideas and contemplating I came to the conclusion that I agree and disagree
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According to Benedict Anderson‚ nations are “imagined communities”. First‚ we must understand what a nation actually is. Anderson defines a nation as “an imagined political community that is imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign”. It is imagined because members of a particular community will never meet or know other members in the same community. However‚ each member of that community understands and believes in their community’s unique image or communion. A nation is limited because
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patterns of culture is compared with primitive mind by Franz Boas. Both benedict and Boas are historical particularists. They perceive culture having an influence on behaviour of individuals although they hold different views on their theories. To conclude I will sum up all the important facts that the authors are trying to communicate. And also what I have done in the essay. Patterns of Culture is an ethnography by Ruth Benedict published in 1934. In this book she writes about of three cultures
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Are Ethics Relative? Ruth Benedict: Ethics Are Relative ID # : 0804014743 “Ruth Benedict: Ethics Are Relative … Morality is culturally relative.” In this paper‚ I’m going to discuss the argument that the famous American anthropologist‚ Ruth Benedict‚ has put forth regarding ‘ethical relativism’. Ethical relativism is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms and values of one’s culture or society. That is‚ whether an action is classified as right or wrong depends on the moral
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The Rule of Benedict was a guide for Christians that was written in the sixth century. This guide was focused for Christians who wanted to live a monastic movement and many still follow Benedict’s rule today. In his book‚ Saint Benedict really stresses the rule of Obedience. Now‚ Benedict’s definition of obedience‚ is different than our definition of obedience. Many people in today’s society think of obedience as doing what you are told‚ even if you do not agree with it. Humans want freedom and do
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and soon to be traitor to the Americans. Benedict Arnold was a huge hero to many of the patriots and many looked up to him. Little did they know he was making a plan for the patriots to fail at West Point. Because Benedict Arnold’s plan was discovered by the patriots‚ the British were at a great disadvantage during the American Revolution and this led to the birth of a new nation.
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1. Who is St. Benedict and how did he affect or influence the history of Christianity? Saint Benedict‚ a man able to read consciences‚ prophesy the future‚ and to forestall the attacks of the devil‚ was born at Nursia in Sabina‚ Italy. Settling finally on Monte Cassino‚ he and his followers erected the monastery he was to make famous. There he wrote his Rule‚ which became the norm for all Western monks. Saint Benedict was a Saint from Italy. He was the founder of Western Christian monasticism. His
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good work for the monastic is “never to lose hope in God’s mercy” (RB 4:74). PRAYER Benedictine schools cultivate a fundamental attentiveness to the ways in which God is present in the human mind and heart and‚ indeed‚ in all creation. St. Benedict directs that nothing is to be preferred to prayer (RB 43.3). This daily experience of prayer is supported and deepened by individual spiritual reading‚ a practice that Benedictines call by its Latin name‚ lectio divino. Lectio divina is the slow
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Late in the fifth century the son of a well-off family in Italy left for isolation on his mission to truly seek god. This man was St. Benedict‚ who is credited with the first establishment of the concept of withdrawing from all temptation for Christian beliefs in the west. St. Benedict left his home and went to the top of a mountain‚ where he established a monastic community. In this community the individuals who resided there‚ constantly reiterated their faith. They sacrificed whatever they
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The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because it was a major victory for the American Colonists against the British soldiers that resulted in France sending financial and military assistance and directly led to Benedict Arnold becoming one of‚ if not the most famous traitor in American History. The major victory at Saratoga was important because it boosted the morale of the colonists’ troops that had been lowered due to the numerous losses. The soldiers also
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