Katie Ramkelawan Professor Feld Intro to Ethics 24 October 2014 Midterm Exam 2.On the issue regarding organ transplants that involves the allocation of scarce resources‚ and illegal organ trading‚ different ethical thinkers will have varying opinions based on the ethical theories they believe in. Utilitarians‚ for example‚ believe solely in the consequences of a matter‚ and believe that the end justifies the means of a cause. The idea of utilitarianism is to make as many people happy as possible
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ETH305V/101/3/2015 Tutorial letter 101/3/2015 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ETH305V Department of Educational Foundations Semesters 1 & 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION This tutorial letter contains important information regarding the module. 1 CONTENTS Pages 1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME .............................................................................................. 3 2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE ............................................................... 4 3 LECTURER AND
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our differences and diversities can lead to growth in our society in a positive or negative way. -google.com 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group‚ the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism puts down a certain group or culture‚ it leads us to make false assumptions about cultural differences and it often distorts
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misconceptions from stereotypes that we have been accustomed to. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture and identity is normal and correct. It is detrimental because it can lead one to believe another cultures way of life is abnormal or inferior to theirs. It may cause resistance in learning techniques because ethnocentrism may cause disrespect and the unwillingness to bother learning about another culture
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References: About.com. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16‚ 2011‚ from http://classiclit.about.com/od/tokillamockingbird/a/aa_tokill.htm Benedict‚ R. (1934). The Challenge of Cultural Relativism. In Rachels‚ nny (pp. 45 - 63). McGraw - Hill Primis. gotquestions.org. (2002 - 2011). Retrieved December 16‚ 2011‚ from http://www.gotquestions.org/cultural-relativism.html Lee‚ H. (1988). To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Grand Central Publishing
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technology‚ and medicine to the loss of cultures‚ resources‚ and lives. In each source a different aspect is highlighted‚ the first source is about imperialism where African countries were conquered by European nations‚ the second source talks about ethnocentrism where the Canadian government wanted First Nations to be more civilized‚ while the last source is about eurocentrism which talks about a man named Andre Thevet who believes that First Nations are savages and they can be less like savages if they
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I defend Norman Bowie’s arguments in “Relativism and the Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations” that basic principles do not vary among cultures. Multinationals should therefore uphold universally or otherwise underlying ethical practices that uphold human rights. The basic underlying ethical principles do not vary among cultures and moral relativism is a phenomenon that should be disregarded since it is anchored in shallow soils. Moral relativism for one‚ avoids any objections directed
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Ethical Theory Philosophy 350 Sept. 23 2013 Cultural Relativism The world is home to many strange customs developed by many different societies. Countries like the United States have regions with in it that hold different values and morals‚ even speech. This is what describes cultural relativism. When ideals like human life being sacred‚ intelligence‚ cannibalism‚ parenticide‚ etc. are valued or unvalued according to the society/culture. In scrutinizing a culture or remarking upon their strange
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problem for moral relativism in this paper. I will begin by defining cultural universals (CU). Then‚ I will cite examples of such theory and continue by applying them to situations in which these similarities can be seen. Next‚ I will discuss how we can convince ourselves that a given standard of behavior is in fact a cultural universal. I will then define moral relativism as well as provide examples of cultural differences that are often cited in regards of moral relativism. Lastly‚ I will explain
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7. Richard R. Gesteland is the author of a cross-cultural business behavior model. In his model he names 4 set of attributes. Each set has 2 contrary traits. We have: * relationship-focused and deal-focused business cultures * formal and informal business cultures * polychronic and monochromic business cultures * reserved and expressive business cultures We present each set of attributes in a table to simplify the content: Relationship-focused business cultures | Deal-focused business
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