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    Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism are two contrasting terms that are displayed by different people all over the world. Simply put‚ ethnocentrism is defined as "judging other groups from the perspective of one’s own cultural point of view." Cultural relativism‚ on the other hand‚ is defined as "the view that all beliefs are equally valid and that truth itself is relative‚ depending on the situation‚ environment‚ and individual." Each of these ideas has found

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    representation of our emotions‚ and may be similar to others" (Adler‚ Proctor‚ and Towne 137). Perception is part of the emotional expression because "it is the process of selecting‚ acquiring‚ interpreting‚ and organizing sensory information" (wikipedia.org). These two are important because we express what we express with the perception of our emotional expression. Different situations will result in different perception of emotional expression. For example‚ we may jump when we feel excitement or cry when

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    Running head: RELATIVISM AND MORALITY Relativism and Morality Rodney L. Cotton SOC 120 Robert Neely February 21‚ 2011 Relativism and Morality In the article‚ “Some Moral Minima‚” Lenn E. Goodman raises the question‚ “if it is true that no norm can be made absolute unless some other is compromised‚ are there no rules that tell us that principles are principles – no norms delineating concretely‚ and uncompromisingly‚ wrong from right?” (Goodman‚ 2010) Goodman goes on to state that the

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    In a situation where a group of people sneak up on someone and beat them up just for fun can be a moral cultural relativism in two different ways. Being beaten up for fun can be morally wrong or morally right. Ruth Benedict and Louis Pojman’s view on a random violence like this are based off of relativism and objectivism. Moral cultural relativism are the principles that an individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others. It is considering a moral in one society‚ but immoral to

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    Relativism and Morality Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 April 8‚ 2013 According to Lenn E. Goodman some things are just wrong. His article “Some Moral Minima” outlines some of the worst examples of things that are just simply wrong. He mentions rape‚ genocide‚ and incest as things that have no justification. When it comes to any of the above examples‚ Goodman finds something that diminishes another person or party and conflicts with the right to possess

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    Society today has become accustomed to dining out. It has become a large part of British culture according to a survey carried out by Mintel entitled ‘Evening Eating Habits in the UK’ (2005). Dining out at ethnically themed restaurants and takeaways has increased in recent years due to many different economic‚ social‚ and cultural forces. These forces vary from the presence of a more affluent society with higher expendable incomes to the increased ability to travel to exotic far away places around

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    What is Relativism? Relativistic Stances Relativism can be considered as a philosophical stance which assumes that there is always a claim relative to a dependent or an independent parameter. A relative truth‚ a relative aspect of reality‚ a belief which is relative to a cause and relativistic ethics come under the dependent parameters category. On the other hand‚ independent parameters include factors that influence a relativistic stance such as time‚ gender‚ religion‚ location‚ state of mind

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    dominated culture industry used technology of mass production to have power over society because it served economic interests. The chapeter called The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception depicts Theodore Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s perception on the culture industry. Within this chapter‚ Adorno and Horkheimer state that capitalistic society’s culture industry has betrayed itself by allowing contributory logic to take over

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    Relativism Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. Under the umbrella of relativism‚ there are many different groups‚ like cognitive‚ moral‚ and situational relativism. In moral/ethical relativism it amounts to saying that all moralities are equally good. In cognitive relativism it implies that all beliefs‚ or belief systems‚ are equally true. This essay will refute relativism‚ and its basic premise.

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    Assess Rachels’ critique of the main argument for normative cultural relativism (NCR)‚ i.e.‚ the Cultural Differences Argument. How might a proponent of NCR respond to Rachels critique? Is the response effective? Why or why not? In this essay‚ I will discuss James Rachels’ article “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”‚ in which he criticizes the normative cultural relativism argument which is about how different cultures have different moral codes‚ thus there is no single

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