Cultural is defined as a shared design for living. It is based on the values and practices of society. People absorb culture through early process of socialization and the process carries over to the way in which they perceived themselves and the world. Some people agree that cultural diversity in the workplace develop our country skills and contributes to the growth. But how far these opinion accepted by the society as a whole. Many corporations have recognized that diversity contributes to the
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Ethical Relativism is the belief that nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the meaning of what is right and wrong depends on the individual and culture. Pojman breaks down Ethical Relativism into 2 main concepts: The Diversity Theory and the Dependency Theory. The Diversity Theory addresses the concept of what is morally right and wrong varies from society to society; therefore‚ there is no universal moral principles that all societies accept. For example‚ Homosexuality in the Middle East
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In A Defense of Moral Relativism‚ Ruth Benedict argues that normal behavior varies from society to society; therefore‚ what’s morally right for one society can be morally wrong for another. To support this argument‚ Benedict mentions how certain cultures practice what’s “abnormal” to us without any difficulty. She goes further to give examples of traits that are abnormal to us such as‚ “sadism or delusions grandeur or of persecution” (Benedict‚ 1934‚ p.1) and concludes saying that “these abnormal
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Ethical relativism is the theory that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. That is‚ the moral norms of the society practiced depend on whether an action is right or wrong. But‚ the problem with moving from cultural perspective to cultural relativism is rather than saying‚ “we need to understand the morals of other cultures‚” it says‚ “we cannot judge the morals of other cultures‚” regardless of the reasons for their actions. The same action may be right in one society but be wrong
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the case of relativism‚ we can simply say that your opinion is true and mine too and nothing being wrong with that. On the other hand‚ ethical absolutism tells us that there is an objective moral code and that certain of our actions as humans are necessarily right or wrong. What would happen if we say two contradictory statements can’t coexist as Aristotle demonstrated? Through the law of non-contradiction from Aristotle and ethical absolutism‚ I will argue against ethical relativism. In ethical
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RUNNING HEADING: ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM Ethical (Moral) Relativism Exploring Kohlberg’s stance on Ethical Relativism JebbehG Ethics in Contemporary Society | PHI101 A01 July 17‚ 2013 Introduction Presently‚ Americans are comfortable relating ethics to individuality. Often times‚ American citizens expresses their right of freedoms to enhance their own sense of ethics or relativity. In defining relativism‚ moral principles are a matter of personal feelings and
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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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Ethical Relativism Cannibalism‚ what do you think of it? Is it morally correct? Does the theory of ethical relativism support it or does it knock it down? Throughout this paper I am going to evaluate the pros and cons of ethical relativism for a case concerning cannibalism. An American man by the name of Daniel went to South America‚ for the reasons of writing a book on it and publishing it in the United States‚ to study a native tribe and to try to become part of it. While Daniel was studying
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This paper will be a discussion of moral judgments and the disagreements surrounds their validity in the absolute and moral sense.Most philosophers believe in either Normative Moral Relativism or Moral Objectivism. In class‚ Normative Moral Relativism is defined as the view that the truth or falsity of moral judgments is relative to the traditions etc. of a society or culture. Moral Objectivism‚ however‚ is defined in class as the view that morality is objective only if three rules are met‚ the first
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Ethical relativism is a concept in which most simple minded individuals adhere to. As a broad definition‚ ethical relativism is a theory where morals are determined by each person rather than a general census. This can be divided up into two parts; ethical subjectivism and cultural relativism. Ethical subjectivism is described as moral judgments based on an individual’s personal values and feelings. To go beyond the individual‚ cultural relativism is a theory where beliefs are juxtaposed with
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