Cultural relativism is the moral theory that states that morality is created together by many individual groups of humans and morality therefore is not fixed‚ but rather varies from culture to culture‚ peoples‚ and different contextual situations. Cultural relativism preaches that certain practices are always morally permissible for a culture as long as the members of the culture see it as morally right. For example if a culture has a traditional custom that believes it’s okay for them to eat the
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Psychology Theories of Personality 7th Edition Feist−Feist =>? McGraw-Hill McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN−10: 0−39−043533−3 ISBN−13: 978−0−39−043533−0 Text: Theories of Personality‚ Seventh Edition Feist−Feist This book was printed on recycled paper. Psychology http://www.primisonline.com Copyright ©2008 by The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976‚ no part of
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What is cultural relativism‚ and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories? Cultural relativism dismisses the idea that there is one final moral code to abide by; one moral code is also not superior to another. (Brusseau‚ pg.154) One major way this differs from traditional ethics is it directs one to conform to the society around them‚ abandoning whatever their own personal ethics are. The approach of "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do" does best
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cultures around the world and through history as a society‚ my dream is to help understand cultural‚ biological and physical behaviors of People from a social group. Also fundamental laws and the process of cultural heritage and evolution‚ involving individuals and populations. Ever since I was in Colombia‚ I have always tried to understand certain branches of my culture and
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Creativity in contemporary cultural production Both ’genius’ and ’creativity’ are terms often used in contemporary Western culture in relation to many different forms of work‚ such as music‚ science‚ art and literature. However‚ the extent to which the notion of ’creative genius’ is either useful or relevant in contemporary Western culture is not certain and remains an object of discussion and debate. Duncan Petrie (1991:1) says‚ "the idea of creativity is bound up with notions of change‚ development
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world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is decreasing. Instead‚ Culture difference increasingly impact on most aspects of people’ activities. Regarding business management‚ it is clear that most of the international companies cannot make more profit because of neglect of cultural differences. On the one hand‚ the globalization has created opportunities for corporations to cooperate among countries
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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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Cultural imperialism is a multi-faceted concept‚ a collection of possible causes with a common effect - the tendency towards homogenization of cultures. This essay will explore the arguments behind the possible causes‚ specifically‚ the notions of forced acculturation as opposed to the voluntary embrace of Western culture. It will refer to theories of post-colonialism and cultural hegemony. First‚ it’s necessary to try to define the term imperialism. Lenin held that imperialism was the highest
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MEDIA/CULTURAL IMPERIALISM AND NATIONAL IMAGE. THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIA. INTRODUCTION Information plays a paramount role in every form and context of relations. The spheres of information range from local‚ regional‚ national and international‚ both as a means of communication between people and as an instrument of understanding and knowledge between nations. The media is often owned by the rich and the capitalists. Thus whoever controls it has a very powerful instrument in his hand for he
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HLT 418V Grand Canyon University January 17‚ 2013 Cultural competency‚ what exactly is it? Does it have importance in society today and who has the capability to influence change if needed? Researching cultural competence you may find several definitions or interpretations’ depending on where the information is being gathered. Cultural competence refers to a combination of awareness‚ attitudes‚ skills and behaviors related to health care providers ’ ability to care for diverse groups of patient
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