* Question 1 3 out of 3 points | | | “I believe that abortion is morally right because a majority of people in this community believe it to be so”. - This is an example of:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Cultural Relativism. | | | | | * Question 2 3 out of 3 points | | | Some forms of deterministic thinking describe certain behaviors as a matter of genetic destiny rather than personal choice.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | |
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might on occasion do this but it is not right judging people like that. God made everyone equal and they should all be treated equal. It is often said that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and this goes to prove that beauty is highly subjective. We all obviously have different tastes. What appears beautiful to one person may seem ugly or not so beautiful to another. It is the person who is looking (the beholder) who has to form his or her own opinion whether a particular person‚ place
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5. Relativism Many different ideas have been given the name ‘relativism’‚ and the term has been used to pillory all sorts of views (sometimes for good reasons‚ sometimes for bad ones). It is mere posturing to say that you are for or against “relativism” unless you say what you mean by the term. Here I want mainly to discuss (and to criticize) a view I have encountered among students in philosophy courses‚ who say things like this: "What anyone believes is true for that person. What you believe
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Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism 11/09/2006 08:05 AM Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism Subjective‚ inter-subjective‚ and objective claims: A claim or judgment is subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the tastes‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs of the claimer (the person making the claim). o Example: “Anchovies taste yummy.” (a matter of taste) A claim or judgment is inter-subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and conventions
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University of Cambridge‚ is the threat of relativism. Blackburn describes in his novel‚ Ethics: A Very Short Introduction‚ the dangers of relying on the fact that truth and moral values are relative to certain individuals and cultures rather than universal. Some of these dangers‚ which I will describe further in this essay‚ include the lack of universal truth and the belief that one’s values cannot affect relations with another. Dangers‚ such as these‚ cause relativism to threaten people’s standards of behavior
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perceptions are equally true. This of course is the extreme form of relativism that Protagoras claims when he asserts that man is the measure of all things in regards to truth. It seems that if all perceptions (e.g. judgments and beliefs) are equally true‚ there can be no room for expertise. But what is Protagoras to say of our natural inclination that such things as wisdom and the wise really do exist among individuals? If Protagoras’ relativism is to be accepted‚ he must explain how expertise is possible
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false‚” has been discussed for many years‚ and despite this fact people still haven’t agreed on a concrete answer. Some people deny the existence of “absolute truth” and believe that all points of view are equally valuable: this belief is called relativism. Others believe in the concept of “absolute truth‚” and say that we can distinguish true from false: this belief is called absolutism. In order to understand the claim we need to study the different points of views‚ evaluate the way in which people
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in Meliorative Epistemology. Retrieved from: http://search.proquest.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/cv_756002/docview/1111853938/fulltextPDF/13C06554AFF58193594/1?accountid=32521 Slick‚ M. (2012). Cognitive Relativism. Retrieved from: http://carm.org/secular-movements/relativism/cognitive-relativism Steup‚ M. (2005). Epistemology. Retrieved from: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
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File: ch11.rtf‚ Chapter 11‚ Managing for Ethics and Social Responsibility in a Global Environment True/False 1. Spouses of high level expatriate managers generally serve in a corporate “ambassador” role. Ans: True Response: See page 400. Difficulty: Easy 2. Fluency in a foreign language assists with verbal communication‚ but helps little in understanding the culture. Ans: False Response: See page 401. Difficulty: Easy 3. Visitors to another culture will notice
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standards of rationality and intelligibility are apparently quite at odds with our own. ’ (Winch‚ 1964: 94) The essay contains assertions and arguments of three different kinds: philosophical‚ where Winch states his views concerning rationality‚ relativism‚ and the like‚ in opposition to those then held by Alasdair MacIntyre (see 1 MacIntyre‚ 1962 and 1964); interpretative‚ where he takes issue with Evans-Pritchard ’s account of Zande witchcraft; and methodological‚ where he offers both negative
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