implications. The four perspectives on meta-ethics are objectivism‚ cultural relativism‚ subjective relativism and emotivism. Objectivists believe in honesty‚ justice‚ independent thinking as well as self-responsibility. Their moral principles are subjectively true and binding. However‚ there are exceptions. If a person is rationally incapable of recognizing moral principles‚ exceptions are made. Cultural relativism is the view that an action is morally right if one’s culture approves of it. However
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Global Perspective ASSESSMENT TASK: Analysis of Avatar QUESTION: How is ethnocentrism depicted in the film Avatar? Discuss with reference to the notions of exoticism‚ primitivism and romanticism. TITLE: Ethnocentrism in “Avatar” WORD COUNT: 589 words Tutorial Class: Thursday 1000-1150 J James Cameron’s Avatar This essay aims to identify scenes where ethnocentrism and three related concepts exoticism‚ primitivism and romanticism. The film
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Elijah Hong 100972519 C. Koggel Moral‚ Social and Religious Issues in Contemporary Society October 15th‚ 2014 Crocker on Ethnocentrism David A. Crocker asks the question of who should be tasked with the development of moral ethics on a global level‚ especially in regions where ethical thought is relatively shallow. If there was one way he would answer this question‚ he would state that a combination of "insider" and "outsider" ethicists would find the best and culturally sensitive form
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of the community. Without diversity‚ every person in the world would be the same. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is judging another culture or religion by the beliefs‚ and values of their own religion. Ethnocentrism is considered a natural human habit‚ and it has developed a generally negative connotation. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society in many ways. First‚ it can make someone judge another person because
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being ethical relativism which states that an individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of the person’s own culture. This idea explains whether or not morality is only a fragment of a person’s cultural norm instead of anything truly universal. For example‚ in some countries‚ torture‚ racism and sexism is part of the cultural norm compared to some others countries‚ those behaviors are intolerable. The second and the most reasonable one is ethical relativism‚ it explains
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together for the good of our society. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? After researching and reading information regarding ethnocentrism‚ my definition or example of ethnocentrism seems to be someone that is biased and choosy with one group over others. “Ethnocentrism is preferencing an individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group.” Retrieved from www.wisegeek.org “Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society by leading us to make
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11346155 Ethical Relativism 1/31/13 Is Ethics universal? Is it wrong to steal from someone regardless of what the culture you are in says on the matter? What about funeral customs? Is there a right or wrong way to deal with the bodies of those who have died? Some philosophers believe that there is no universal right or wrong and that the correct way to do things is based on what the morals of individual cultures say. Others‚ such as James Rachels‚ believe that there is a universal code of
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Social responsibility Carroll proposes that the managers of business organizations have four responsibilities: economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary. 1. Economic responsibilities of a business organization’s management are to produce goods and services of value to society so that the firm may repay its creditors and shareholders. 2. Legal responsibilities are defined by governments in laws that management is expected to obey. For example‚ U.S. business firms are required to hire
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1. Explain what is meant by saying that a value is intrinsic? How are instrumental values related to intrinsic values? A value is said to be intrinsic if an object has the value for its own sake or because of its nature. A value is said to be instrumental if it aids in achieving or acquiring something with intrinsic value. For example‚ one’s job could have instrumental value in that it acquires money. Furthermore‚ money could have instrumental value in that it can provide objects from which one
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society/world. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. [ The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture‚ especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic distinctions and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity. ] 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what
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