Complications Of The Tribe In Northwest Melanesia

Benedict is correct in saying that our culture is “but one entry in a long series of adjustments”. The implications are based on the tribe in northwest Melanesia. The fact that they are forced to think that everyone is trying to poison them because the majority of the tribe feels that way. They have been taught that if they don’t think the way the others do then they are not normal in their society. They wouldn’t even seem to have a care in the world if someone was attacked in front of them. All that would happen would be for them to simply move out of the way and say the person will be fine the next day.
I think it is possible to separate the descriptive from the prescriptive aspect of evaluating cultures. I say this because although both
In the case of the tribe from the northwest, they all believe in black magic therefore could not accept a gift without thinking the other was trying to poison them. They do not help each other, instead just walk away from situations and say they person will be ok tomorrow, when the person could well be dead. The tribe believes that when a loved one has died it is the doing of evil and must be followed by another evil act which is killing anyone the feel the need to. The tribe does not mourn the death of their loved ones. The tribes also will outcast anyone who is friendly or helps another. It is just not acceptable.
Benedict’s claim makes sense and is a satisfactory equation. However I do not think it can be applied to slavery and the Nazi policy. Both of those things came out of the blue. It was not being done until a certain time; therefore it was not acceptable behavior. However in the case of slavery, it became acceptable behavior because it has now been going on for centuries. In the case of the Nazi policy, it is cannot be applied because it only went on for a short period of
A moral relativist is someone who views that ethical standard, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a person’s individual choice. In regards to Pojman beliefs, I do agree that most American students tend to be moral relativists. It is because of the culture that we grew up in. Morality depends on the amount of social acceptance it gets to morally good or bad. For example, he stated that individuals said they were relativists contended in the same polls that abortion is only right if the mother is in danger or that the capital punishment is wrong, but this is not always the case. Given certain circumstance, many individuals will do what he/she feels is morally right. If a mother to be feels the need to abort an unborn child so her life can be easier, she will do so. The attraction of relativism depends on, if an individual feels what they are doing in a certain situation is worth the