In A Defense of Moral Relativism‚ Ruth Benedict argues that normal behavior varies from society to society; therefore‚ what’s morally right for one society can be morally wrong for another. To support this argument‚ Benedict mentions how certain cultures practice what’s “abnormal” to us without any difficulty. She goes further to give examples of traits that are abnormal to us such as‚ “sadism or delusions grandeur or of persecution” (Benedict‚ 1934‚ p.1) and concludes saying that “these abnormal
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CULTURAL RELATIVISM The idea of cultural relativism started from the society. From the society it turns out to be a symbol of that particular area and become mass/universal. According to Rachel (p.18) says " These customs cannot be said to be "correct" or incorrect‚ "for that implies that we have an independent standard of right and wrong by which they may judge". In a simple word cultural relativism is there is no answer for what is right and what is wrong‚ to judge this issue we have to know
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Moral relativism is the concept that people’s moral judgements only go as far a ones persons standpoint in a matter. Also‚ one person’s view on a particular subject carries no extra weight than another person. My thesis statement is inner judgements‚ moral disagreements‚ and science are what defend and define moral relativism. Inner judgements are critiques about a persons particular behaviour and what they should or should not have done. Judgements include labels to outline a persons behaviour
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two perfect examples of real life accounts of the problems that they face in the field‚ and it is found that in order for anthropologists to be able to truly study a certain culture‚ they must understand the meanings of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism must be understood so that it can be avoided‚ because it is the belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group‚ which could ultimately make it very difficult to truly study and learn about a culture if you are constantly
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approach the studies of cultures using Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism. The definition of these terms is very different in many ways when describing cultures. Cultural Relativism is defined as the perspective that any aspect of a culture must be viewed and evaluated within the context of that culture. While‚ ethnocentrism‚ is defined as making value judgments based on one’s own culture when describing aspects of another culture. Cultural relativism is much more commonly used by anthropologist
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Ethical relativism is the theory that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. That is‚ the moral norms of the society practiced depend on whether an action is right or wrong. But‚ the problem with moving from cultural perspective to cultural relativism is rather than saying‚ “we need to understand the morals of other cultures‚” it says‚ “we cannot judge the morals of other cultures‚” regardless of the reasons for their actions. The same action may be right in one society but be wrong
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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 morality
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Ethnics are characteristics of a person or a certain group of people that share a culture ‚ religion‚ or language. Moral relativism is just a viewpoint from someone’s ethnical standards‚ which is how they feel. Basically it is something that people feel in their opinion that it is either right or wrong from a moral stand point in their eyes. Everyone has ethnics they might not be same as the ones you or I might have grew up with or have ever heard of but it does not mean that they are wrong or
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Compare Contrast Ethical Relativism Timeless questions asked in different ways. What are morals? And if any who decides what is right or wrong? The answers we get vary depending on who is asked or which theory we believe to be true. Whether the universal theory or the ethical relativism; The fundamental difference in these theories is defined in their names universal theory believe that morals are universal and ethical relativism reason that ethics is relative depending on the views of the people
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Cultural Relativism Introduction According to www.gotquestions.org/cultural-relavitsim‚ cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are related to the social norms and culture that one comes from. In other words‚ right and wrong or good and bad are culture-specific‚ meaning that what is reflected moral in one society may be reflected immoral in another. Therefore‚ since no collective standard of morality subsists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs
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