Culture is defined as the way of life it is the belief, values, and practices that are followed by the people from generation to generation.
While studying culture one should not be pre judgmental, and look at other's cultures from his point of view to define what is right and what is wrong. Every culture has its positive and negative points it depends upon how we perceive it that is why one should remain culturally relative because the true morality and value exist in context to the culture.
Due to globalization and better transport facilities, people migrate from one place to another. With them, they carry cultural values, beliefs, religion, language, norms, etc. It has resulted in cultural exchange, and many cultural changes are taking place due to the interaction between people from different cultures.
With the interaction, people derive certain views about the other culture as they perceive it and as per their cultural views if one draws negative views it gives rise to ethnocentrism while; positive views about other culture gives rise to cultural relativism.
Cultural relativism says that cultural values are related to each culture it cannot have a uniform code on whose basis one can judge other's cultures. It is the personal views of an individual. The cultural values depend upon one's behavior; the behavior is developed due to historical and present events. To have an opinion about culture and passing a judgment one must know what were the events that surround that culture and have given rise to certain norms that are followed by the people.
Yes, although cultural relativism is present some certain facts and acts are morally acceptable throughout the world. If we look at Kantian theory telling lies, robbery, killing someone is universally accepted as a wrong act. Helping others, making donations are universally accepted as good behavior and norms. These are universally accepted.
Killing in self-defense will be accepted by the followers of a utilitarian theory in all the cultures, the judiciary also accepts it and is not treated an unlawful and punishable act while killing someone in revenge is universally accepted as wrong and unlawful act within all the culture.
Cultural relativism says that no one should be judgmental about other's cultures. In one of the places in South India, there is a tradition to kill the elderly people by giving poison it is called Thalaikoothal (senicide killing elderly people), the tradition is going on from generation to generation. The elderly knows that they have to drink poison and die because they believe life after death is much better than old age suffering. Can it be globally acceptable under cultural relativism theory?
Do you think subjective or cultural relativism is true? In other words, do you think that...
SUBJECTIVISM, RELATIVISM, AND EMOTIVISM MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. b Subjective relativism is the doctrine that a an action is morally right if one approves of it. an action is morally right if one's culture approves of it C actions are judged by objective standards. an action is morally right even if no one approves of it. d 2. Suppose I think that I sometimes make mistakes on moral matters, and so does my culture. Acknowledging this, I say, "My moral beliefs...
section immediately following it. Do you think that the practice of genital cutting is i) (universally) morally permissible, ii) a barbaric practice that ought to be universally condemned, or iii) a matter whose moral status is merely relative to a culture? Would it be appropriate for us to say that those who engage in such practices within their culture are doing something wrong? Would it be appropriate for you to say that those who engage in such practices within your...
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part 1: Why does Rachels believe the Cultural Difference Argument is "unsound"? a. because it leaves out the existence of an objective moral law b. because it implies that murder is morally acceptable c. because it doesn't explain how cultures decide on which morals to accept d. because differences in belief about something do not imply that there is no objective truth of the matter part 2:Which of the following is not one of the consequences of taking relativism seriously?...
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4) Why, for Aristotle, is there something relativistic or subjective about virtue? In other words, how is ethics, as a practical study, different here from a theoretical study (like math)?
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In 100 words or more please explain the following. What do Cultural Quotient, Cultural Sensitivity, Cultural Empathy mean to you? What are the differences between Societal Culture and Organization Culture? What are cultural diffusion and creolization? How do they related to Societal Culture?
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