Cultural Relativism Theory and Virtue ethics
Essay 1
Write an essay based on any of the topics covered in class during the period of week 1 and week 6. Paper must be between 2 and 3 pages (excluding cover page, annexes, and reference page).
Cultural Relativism Theory Cultural Relativism Theory is morality that differs in every society, and is a convenient term for socially approved habits. It is also the oldest philosophical theory that speaks about the nature of morality. Cultural relativism theory claims that different cultures have different moral codes and nothing is there or an objective standard that can judge a society’s moral code if it’s better than the other society. Therefore there is no culture or a society that has a better moral code because there is nothing that can judge it, so each culture and society’s moral codes are the same. In this topic of Cultural Relativism Theory there is no universal truth. The moral code in a society maybe good or bad, nobody knows, so nobody can judge whose better. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society and it is mere arrogance for us to try judge the conduct of other people In Cultural Relativism Theory each culture has different moral codes and their moral code could be good or bad in that society. For example the Callatians and the Greeks, they have different tradition at which the Callatians don’t agree with the Greeks tradition and the Greeks don’t agree with the Callatians as well. For the Callatians they eat the bodies of their dead fathers whereas the Greeks don’t practice that. Instead they practiced cremation at which they believe that is the proper way of disposing a dead body. Also another example with the Eskimo’s and Belizeans. The Eskimos men have more than one wife at which they share it with a guest as a sign of hospitality in which also other men can have sexual access to a woman at which a woman can leave her husband and find a new partner. They also have less regard for human life and infanticide
Write an essay based on any of the topics covered in class during the period of week 1 and week 6. Paper must be between 2 and 3 pages (excluding cover page, annexes, and reference page).
Cultural Relativism Theory Cultural Relativism Theory is morality that differs in every society, and is a convenient term for socially approved habits. It is also the oldest philosophical theory that speaks about the nature of morality. Cultural relativism theory claims that different cultures have different moral codes and nothing is there or an objective standard that can judge a society’s moral code if it’s better than the other society. Therefore there is no culture or a society that has a better moral code because there is nothing that can judge it, so each culture and society’s moral codes are the same. In this topic of Cultural Relativism Theory there is no universal truth. The moral code in a society maybe good or bad, nobody knows, so nobody can judge whose better. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society and it is mere arrogance for us to try judge the conduct of other people In Cultural Relativism Theory each culture has different moral codes and their moral code could be good or bad in that society. For example the Callatians and the Greeks, they have different tradition at which the Callatians don’t agree with the Greeks tradition and the Greeks don’t agree with the Callatians as well. For the Callatians they eat the bodies of their dead fathers whereas the Greeks don’t practice that. Instead they practiced cremation at which they believe that is the proper way of disposing a dead body. Also another example with the Eskimo’s and Belizeans. The Eskimos men have more than one wife at which they share it with a guest as a sign of hospitality in which also other men can have sexual access to a woman at which a woman can leave her husband and find a new partner. They also have less regard for human life and infanticide
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