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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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    approach the studies of cultures using Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism. The definition of these terms is very different in many ways when describing cultures. Cultural Relativism is defined as the perspective that any aspect of a culture must be viewed and evaluated within the context of that culture. While‚ ethnocentrism‚ is defined as making value judgments based on one’s own culture when describing aspects of another culture. Cultural relativism is much more commonly used by anthropologist

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    Animal Rights (Just say NO) Soon children won’t be able to own a pet; their kitty or puppy will be taken away. Animal rights are becoming a big issue in society. There are people who are dense enough to think that animals need rights to be protected. Animal Rights are an idealistic scheme that animals have rights similar‚ or the same as humans. True animal rights activists believe that humans do not have the right to use animals at all. Animal rights activists wish to ban all use of animals by humans

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    Gray should tell Brown that cultural relativism states that different cultures accept different moral principles and make different moral judgments (Barcalow‚ P.58). Our moral beliefs should align with our community’s beliefs. Whatever a community thinks is wrong for it is wrong for it. In other words‚ whatever your community believes is moral right and is moral wrong then you as a member of the community should oblige by those beliefs. Cultural relativism also claims that there is no universal moral

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    The moral debate of relativism versus objectivism is one that confronts a moral question that philosophers have been debating for many years. The ultimate question brought about in the debate is whether morality is based solely on individual choice and cultural approval‚ or are there universally valid moral principles. With this essay I will present the arguments for each view and I will also argue for the position I favor: moral objectivism. Relativism is the view that states that moral principles

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    Moral Relativism vs. Moral Absolutes Paul Sartre’s atheistic existentialism divides the world into 2 groups‚ authentic and inauthentic. Authentic people are distinguished by their deliberate choices to use their freedom to find purpose and meaning in their existence‚ while inauthentic people are characterized by passivity. John Gardner disagrees with moral relativism evidenced in Sartre’s existentialism and chooses to believe in moral absolutes. He portrays Grendel in his book Grendel as a

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    Culture and Society ANTHRO 9 Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:45 A.M. Room: Haines 39 (in basement-A level) Final Exam date: March 18 (Tuesday): 3-6P.M. Instructor Prof. Mariko Tamanoi Email: mtamanoi@anthro.ucla.edu Office: Haines 325 Phone: 310-206-8399 Office hours: Tuesdays 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT: READ THIS SYLLABUS CAREFULLY TO THE END! Section Leaders Bradley Cardozo: bcardozo@ucla.edu Camille Frazier: c.frazier@ucla.edu Emily

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    different view on animal rights then most people. On are farm we didn’t use the animals for meat and always fed them enough food‚ and living space to be comfortable‚ the complete opposite of factory farming. Singer stated in his book “If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends‚ how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?” (Singer). His statement should make people start to think what we are doing to animals. Peter Singer and

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    Determining the rights of non-human animals and deciding how to treat them may not be a choice available to our human society. As an advocate for the rights of animals‚ Tom Reganʻs three main goals are to abandon the use of animals in any scientific research‚ discontinue all commercial animal agriculture‚ and to completely terminate both commercial and sport animal hunting. To support these intentions‚ Regan argues that every human and non-human animal possesses inherent value‚ which makes them all

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    the idea of Animals having human rights. There is many of pros and cons for both sides. However‚ I believe that animals should have human rights because there is a lot of research proven that animals can be alike humans. Animals are important in an everyday human life. They make us humans feel love‚ affection‚ protected‚ and more. However‚ not all humans think that animals are important; Those who think that abuse and mistreat animals because they think that they’re just simply animals. They don’t

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