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    Ethnocentrism and its Effects on Third World Nations Western civilization has always believed that their way of life is correct and any opposing way of life is uncivilized. They put themselves on top of a pedestal to promote their self-proclaimed superiority to all other cultures. This ethnocentric way of thinking has led to the abuse of third world peoples such as Indians and African Americans. For example‚ in Indian‚ Indian culture is being taken away from them while western culture is being

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    unified region‚ and contribute to the divide growing larger in today’s time. Overall‚ there are essentially many factors that contribute to the East and the West divide‚ one factor being the Greco-Persian Wars. However‚ another one of the primary socio-cultural differences that really solidified the divide between the East and the West was theology. The ideas of religion varied across the East and the West and gave way to the Christian divergence and the Schism of 1054 C.E. that brought about the mutual

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    actions are good is to prove that the results of the chosen action were really better than the results of the other possible choice. (2) Second Position Moral relativism is a philosophy that defines morality in a way that directly depends on the individual or group of people involved. One prominent division within moral relativism is the meta-ethical position. The basic proposition behind this argument is that moral judgment cannot be universalized and in this way morality is relative to the

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    someone who you share a primary relationship with‚ you can not make any judgement on what decisions they make. Relativists do not judge others‚ so if something very immoral makes you happy‚ a relativist can not impose on your choice of being immoral. Relativism says that all culture is good and all culture is bad; it’s the same thing as happiness‚ it can be good or bad but you can not judge a persons happiness whether it is good or bad. Overall‚ a relativist would never impose on someone’s lifestyle even

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    are related to two important concepts known as ethnocentrism and cultural relativity. <br> <br>Ethnocentrism is "the attitude of prejudice or mistrust towards outsiders that may exist within a group (in-group) in relation to other (out-group)"…. (Harper-Collin Dictionary of Sociology). Importantly‚ there are also three levels of ethnocentrism: a positive one‚ a negative one‚ and an extreme negative one. The positive definition defines ethnocentrism as "the point of view that one’s own way of life

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    Hi everyone‚ I’m supposed to write a motivation letter for a European university. I was born in the US but live in France and haven’t had to write in English for a while. I’ve never written a motivation letter and can’t really understand the difference between a motivation letter and a statement of purpose. Please look it over and let me know what really needs to be changed‚ and if you can help with my whole motivation letter/statement of purpose confusion I’d would be ever so grateful. I sat

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    Nacirema‚ American spelled backward‚ is a satire paper attempting to force Americans to evaluate their culture and look at it in a different way. By using words that are obscure‚ atypical and abnormal to describe very common American practices‚ the paper offers a strange way of defining our culture. One instance in the paper was how Americans hold importance in oral hygiene and use tooth brushes and tooth paste to brush our teeth daily. The author describes this as a “mouth-rite” and a “revolting”

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    nationals to manage headquarters. Advantage: * Alleviate cultural myopia * Minimise mistakes arising from cultural misunderstanding * Cheaper to implement * Transfer core competencies Disadvantage: * Immigration policies may make it expensive to implement Geocentric approach seeks the best people internationally‚ regardless of nationality. Advantage: * Make the best of its human resource * Reduces cultural myopia &amp; enhance local responsiveness * Develop unifying

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     side  of  culture‚  rejecting  the  research  of  biologist  and   geneticists  as  inapplicable  to  the  study  of  human  societies  (Weiner‚  1983).   Through  Mead’s  work  and  resources  of  cultural  anthropology‚  he  showed  how   misguided  such  eugenic  views  were.  Mead’s  conclusion  that  adolescent   behaviour  is  culturally  determined  was  immense  news  for  anthropology  as

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    Cultural relativism is defined as the idea that a person actions or behavior should be judged within the context of that person’s culture. While this seems like a simple concept‚ it can be difficult for many people to fully accept (Eriksen 73). Whether this is caused by ignorance or a negative bias of the culture being analyzed as a whole‚ the most effect method to increase cultural relativism is to increase awareness of the differences between

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