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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1). Intercultural communication focuses on “sharing of meanings” across cultures‚ whereas cross-cultural communication focuses on comparisons of communication styles. Using a variety of academic sources‚ evaluate both of these theories to determine which is the most useful for developing effective communication with people from other cultures. You may also draw on personal experience in the development of your argument. Everyone in this world is in one way or another influenced or affected by culture
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1. Discuss any differences in cultural values or nonverbal communication that you are aware of between your culture and your friend’s culture. Culture is defined as the complex whole that includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society. Now‚ we look at the meaning of nonverbal communication. Non-verbal communication means communication without the use of spoken language. Nonverbal communication includes gestures
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agree on a set of morals to abide by‚ and therefore our world is saturated with the ideals of moral relativism‚ whether or not we see it blatantly. Moral relativism is often given the stigma of sprouting impurity or immorality‚ given the fact that it does not accept that there is a universal moral codex. As the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy states‚ the “most serious objection to moral relativism
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Moral Realism v. Moral Relativism In the movie The Dark Knight‚ Batman is faced with a new challenge—dealing with the Joker. Batman‚ and the city of Gotham‚ views the Joker as a mysterious‚ sadistic criminal who is a freak of nature. However‚ the challenge becomes very personal for Batman as the Joker confronts Batman about everything he believes in. The Joker does this because he has a very relativistic view on life. Even though he murders innocent people‚ tortures others for amusement‚ and manipulates
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that can be universally applied to all peoples at all times). The only moral standards against which a society’s practices can be judged are its own. If ethical relativism is correct‚ there can be no common framework for resolving moral disputes or for reaching agreement on ethical matters among members of different societies. Ethical relativism is not a consequentialist ethical theory. Analyzing the violence and war issue under the scope of this ethical theory has many ways to be seen. In ancient societies
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Tom Donaldson’s concept of ethical relativism and ethical absolutism in relation to the Google’s case rejects in not behaving as per the laws of that country when it started to do business there. The single response is as mature as idealistic dialogue. According to the cultural relativism as per the universal rule‚ none of the culture’s ethics are any better than any off the others and hence there are no literal rights or wrongs. It all depends of the layman public how they consider and choose to
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RELATIVISM AND MORALITY Lenn Goodman offers a very good argument about his idea of the things that are wrong. I agree with his argument that four of the things that we should look to in whatever being we worship are “(1) genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking‚ and child warriors; (3) slavery‚ polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ Project Muse‚ pg 88) When Goodman talks about genocide‚ famine‚ and germ warfare
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Prior to the nineteenth century‚ individuals often linked the concept of evil with God. Thus‚ when an individual committed a devious act‚ it was believed that the creator possessed the ability to punish society how he pleased. This ideology lasted until the late 1700’s‚ when a catastrophic event permanently altered how individuals rationalize. The disastrous event was none other than the Lisbon earthquake. In essence‚ this incident was a culture shock for people in society‚ which overturned previous
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for objectivism instead of relativism in morality. Ethical relativism is “the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles”. Ethical relativism however is different from moral doubt where valid moral principles do not exist at all. Pojman argues that what is considered as morally right or wrong varies from society to society. Pojman proposes that ethical relativism can be seen as a good thing but can get hard when getting into the details. Ethical relativism is defined that says moral
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