Hammurabi's Codes

In the last couple weeks, we have discussed that what is considered right to some, may not be considered right by others. Morality differs in every society. This concept goes back thousands of years ago. An example of this is how people honor loved dead ones. Callatians who lived in India ate the bodies of their dead fathers, while the Greeks practiced cremation. When the Greeks were asked what they thought about the concept of eating their dead fathers, they said that nothing, not even all the money in the world would make them do this. This example shows how different cultures have different moral codes, which is ethical relativism.
The news story about the blinding of an Iranian woman deals different believes between cultures, the heart of Cultural Relativism. She wants her attacker blind like she is. The saying, “an eye for an eye” is based on the principle "qisas" in sharia law. This saying can go back to Hammurabi's Codes. In Iran, there are still cases that if someone pours acid, for example on someone, the attacker gets his eyes taken out. In the United States and in many other parts of the world, the punishment may be a bit too much and we would never be
For the most part, someone is going to think the values that their cultures believes, should be considered right by all cultures, because that is what they are learnt to be right. We need to take a step back and think that the values that we hold do not make us more superior than other cultures. We should not judge other cultures believes, because we fully do not understand them. For example, not eating cows. Some cultures may believe this is bazaar, but if you ask them why they do not eat cows their response could be because they believe that when someone dies, the souls of the humans inhabit the bodies of animals. When they say this, in both cultures, eating for instance your grandmother is