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    what people ought to believe is morally right and morally wrong. Define descriptive relativism holds a fact that moral beliefs and practices vary between cultures Define ethical relativism. Is the view that not only do a person’s beliefs about moral right and wrong depend on their culture but that moral right and wrong depend on a person’s culture. What are reasons for thinking that ethical

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    Calvin states " See‚ in order to improve oneself‚ one must have some idea of what’s good. That implies certain values". I believe Calvin is using Ethical relativism here‚ meaning he does what is right because his culture states that it is right. And I feel that he is saying basically what you feel is right for yourself is right because it’s the moral thing to do. I feel that Calvin did not set himself a New Year’s resolution because he personally feels that everything that he is doing is right

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    Ethical relativism is a theory that holds that morality is relative to the rules of one’s culture. That is‚ when an action is right or wrong and depends on the moral rules of the society in which it is experienced. This action may be right in one society but be wrong in another. What’s right for you may not be what’s right for me. For example‚ I buy my stuff if I do not have the money I do not buy it at all. On the other hand‚ someone wants to buy something and they do not have enough money‚ so they

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    different ethical theories that ethicists use to make decisions. If an alien civilization were to come to Earth and offer a cure for all human diseases‚ but would only do it if they were allowed to choose 10‚000 involuntary human subjects for experiments that were most likely harmful‚ different theories would offer different explanations of why they think this situation is morally right or wrong. Two important theories that ethicists could use to help them make this decision are Ethical Relativism and

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    “You may keep one of your children” he said (Styron‚ 2014‚ p.74). In “Sophie’s choice”‚ the first theory she used to try to make her deci-sion was moral relativism. “Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false on-ly relative to some particular standpoint (for instance‚ that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others” (Westacot). “Take the

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    Should People Use Conventional or Non-сonventional Medicine? "A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession" (Hippocrates) Now we live in such a kind of world where numerous fatal diseases arise and increase day by day. Mankind always tries to find useful remedies for these diseases‚ but sometimes people hesitate to decide which cure is the best. As Hippocrates said health is the most valuable thing for person. Without health a person is nothing. So‚ we

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    Relativism Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. Under the umbrella of relativism‚ there are many different groups‚ like cognitive‚ moral‚ and situational relativism. In moral/ethical relativism it amounts to saying that all moralities are equally good. In cognitive relativism it implies that all beliefs‚ or belief systems‚ are equally true. This essay will refute relativism‚ and its basic premise.

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    1 Anthropology Forum – Cultural Relativism Question: Using your textbook‚ please define cultural relativism and moral relativism‚ using APA formatting for your citations as needed. How is cultural relativism different from moral relativism? For example‚ consider anthropologists who study genocide or another oppressive‚ harmful phenomenon of your choice. Objectives examined: * Describe what is meant by ethnocentrism and cultural relativism * Interpret the ethical issues faced by anthropologists

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    Introduction Moral relativism is a moral or ethical proposition that does not reflect the objective and / or universal moral truths of the position‚ but rather requires the situation with respect to social‚ cultural‚ historical or personal circumstances. It does not deny the truth value or justification of moral statements (as a form of moral anti realism)‚ but it is certain of their relative form. A moral relativist pointed out that human beings are not omniscient‚ and history is full of personal

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    ethics of computer games is Cultural Relativism‚ Subjectivism in Ethics‚ Divine Command Theory‚ Natural Law Theory‚ and Ethical Egoism. These arguments do not meet the minimum conception of morality which is Reason and impartiality. For all these arguments to be solid they also need to have reason and logic supporting it. All these arguments which are now mostly unfollowed because of the evident flaws they pertain are as follows. Starting off with cultural relativism as professor Buscani states‚ Different

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