The authors describe cultural relativism in this chapter. They explain cultural relativism with some examples such as Callatians‚ who lived in India and ate the bodies of their dead father‚ and Eskimos‚ who are native people of Alaska and had distinct moral codes‚ such as marriages‚ sexual practices‚ and infanticide. For instance‚ infanticide was common in Eskimos’ society of the early and mid-20th century. The customs seemed that they had little respect for human life. So‚ the two examples seem
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Darius anecdote illustrates among the Greeks one is morally obliged to cremate the dead one is morally forbidden to eat them among the Callatians one is morally obliged to eat the dead one is morally forbidden to burn them 2.2 Cultural Relativism • Relativist Conclusion drawn from facts like these o There is no objective (absolute universal) morality -- no morality per se; rather just Ancient Greek morality Callatian morality traditional Eskimo morality modern American
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standards. This is because of the use of cultural relativism‚ which is the belief that something is good or wrong if and only if it is approved or disapproved in a given culture. Right and wrong values vary from society to society; therefore‚ there is no standard base to judge what is universally right or wrong between the different cultures. Because of this‚ societies may disagree about the morality of what is right and wrong. Gensler believes that if cultural relativism is true‚ then there are no right
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and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate groups (or minority groups) and how it ties into labeling. In spite
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Explain using the ethics of cultural relativism the advantages and disadvantages of whistle blowing Cultural relativism is the principle regarding the beliefs‚ values‚ and practices of a culture from the viewpoint of that culture itself (Chegg.com: 2012). It is the concept that the importance of a particular cultural idea varies from one society or societal subgroup to another and that ethical and moral standards are relative to what a particular society or culture believes to be good or bad‚ right
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behaviors are related to two important concepts known as ethnocentrism and cultural relativity. <br> <br>Ethnocentrism is "the attitude of prejudice or mistrust towards outsiders that may exist within a group (in-group) in relation to other (out-group)" . (Harper-Collin Dictionary of Sociology). Importantly‚ there are also three levels of ethnocentrism: a positive one‚ a negative one‚ and an extreme negative one. The positive definition defines ethnocentrism as "the point of view that one’s own way
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Issues Today: Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism One of the most pertinent issues of the past twenty years has been the conflict between two different ideologies of human rights on a national scale‚ universalism‚ and cultural relativism. Universalism holds that more “primitive” cultures will eventually evolve to have the same system of law and rights as Western cultures. Cultural relativists hold an opposite‚ but similarly rigid viewpoint‚ that a traditional culture is unchangeable. In universalism
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Assignment for mod I DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT A STUDY Group II 161 – Rishita Digar 233 - Rahul Raju 241 - Ashish Jain 232- Pushpender Kapil 240- Chandan Kumar Singh 237 - Shiv Shankar INTRODUCTION The concept of diversity includes acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ religious beliefs
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UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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and goods constantly (but not freely) move? How such cultures are daily being reproduced‚ commented upon and criticized‚ transformed‚ or newly produced? This course will introduce the field of socio-cultural anthropology through the exploration of some of its central topics‚ methods and theories. We refuse to see “culture” as a bounded “thing” in a particular place or as a fixed and timeless characteristic of a certain group of people. Instead‚ we focus on the politics of culture‚ in which culture
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