ISSUES- Was Dr. Mc Cool told of all the conditions of the patient? Should the Dr. on call at hospital called someone higher up to discuss the situation better?…
Ethnocentrism the use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors…
Protagorean Relativism is generally considered self-refuting. It is noticeable that the measure doctrine: “man is the measure of all things, of what is that it is, and of what is not that is not” (Tht. 152a2-4) suggests that there are only relative truths for everyone but no objective truth; however, it insists that the above statement is an objective truth. That is to say, while Protagoras claims that truth is relative to each person, rejecting the possibility of error (Lee, 2005:33), he tries to universalise his doctrine as a superior absolute truth to the audience and forces them to believe, thus is self-refuting.…
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. Ethnocentric individuals judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group or culture, especially with concern for language, behavior, customs, and religion. (wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentrism) Ethnocentrism can affect societies in both positive and negative ways. On a positive note it can instill a deep faith and dedication to one's ethnic group and country. However it can also lead to thoughts of grandeur or superiority over other groups. There are other possible effects in both positive and negative lights.…
ethnocentrism - judging other cultures from the perspective of one’s own cultures. The notion that one’s own culture is more beautiful, rational, and nearer to perfection than any other.…
Cultural relativism holds that anthropologists should never make value judgments about particular practices in other cultures.…
Ethnocentrism is defined as the “belief in the intrinsic of the nation, culture, or group to which one belongs, often accompanied by feeling of dislikes for other groups”. Ethnocentrism. (n.d.). Ethnocentric individuals believe that they are better than other individuals for reasons based solely on their heritage. Clearly, this practice is related to problems of both racism and prejudice. Ethnocentrism is a powerful force that weakens human relations. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society, because it can lead to false opinions about the differences with cultures which then can often lead to falsified communication between the majority human beings.…
Many people are lead to adopt Ethical Relativism because they believe that it justifies their view that one ought to be tolerant of the different behavior of people in other cultures. However, Ethical Relativism does not really justify tolerance at all. All around the world, there are different types of cultures, which have different ethical values that will be correct according to their cultures. Nevertheless, some people might argue about different cultures that have different moral codes that they can not accept; examples: polygamy and infanticide. On the other hand, Ethical Relativism proposes that we can stop the criticism and be more tolerant with other cultures. To illustrate, we could no longer say that custom of other societies…
Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism means that we go to study a cultural and their languages but without imposing on their ways of their language in anyway or form. Just observing.…
Ethical relativism is a concept in which most simple minded individuals adhere to. According to definition in the chapter, ethical relativism is the normative theory that what is right is what the culture or individual says is right. Shaw argues that it is not very plausible to say that ethical relativism is determined by what a person thinks is right and wrong. He gives reason that it “collapses the distinction between thinking something is right and it’s actually being right.” Ethical relativism may be justified occasionally. William H. Shaw examines ethical relativism by providing comprehensive examples on why relativism is a weak method in gaining morals.…
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.…
Moral Relativism is the thought that the moral beliefs held by individuals is influenced and dependent on the culture in which they live in considers tolerable. Hence, what is considered morally appropriate in a single society perhaps is perceived as immoral in a different society. In actuality they both maybe right as they have distinct creators resulting in different laws, diversity, and possibly religious views of each other. Ruth Benedict defends the theory of moral relativism in her article A Defense of Moral Relativism from The Journal of General Psychology. In contrast, William B. Irvine author of Confronting Relativism feels in a few swift examples people can be talked out of their views on moral…
Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture (pg. 54). Ethnocentrism is also the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture. There are different levels of ethnocentrism such as: equality, sensitivity, indifference, avoidance and disparagement. Ethnocentrism leads to conflict, cultural shock, stereotyping, discrimination, and prejudice that lead negative attitude towards a person because of a group they are affiliated with.…
One of the movie that uses cultural relativism are the Avatar. The human come to another planet and try to take it over. The part where they use the culture relativism is that the human is making fun of the native people of believing that the tree is majestic living things. It’s bad that the human try to take over their planet but they poke on the wound by making fun of their belief.…
Relating to relativism, murder cannot be seen as wrong or right in any circumstances. The worth of human life is opinionated. A relativist basically would have no opinion…