Cultural Syncretism Abstract The concept of cultural syncretism exists when two different cultures combine their ancient beliefs of the past to create new traditions and/or beliefs. There are several cultural factors that influenced both Africa and the Americas such as weaponry‚ technological advancements‚ medical and religious. China and India’s values were quite different when it came to cultural beliefs. They would isolate themselves from outside traditions‚ which made them more resistant to
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Cultural Relativism: A Moral Fallacy Cultural Relativism is the theory that all belief’s are equally valid and that truth itself is relative‚ depending on the situation‚ environment and individual. Those who hold the belief of Cultural Relativist‚ hold that all beliefs are completely relative to the individual within a cultural identity. In this essay‚ I will show that cultural relativism is unreliable as an ethical theory by showing the irrationality of the arguments that support it. The
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Cultural diversity is a shared way of life of a number of people who have common knowledge of values‚ morals‚ beliefs or behaviors. In culture knowledge can be derived from experiences‚ attitudes‚ religion‚ different roles or skills. In cultural diversity there is a sense of behavior that has been learned from experiences or patterns passed through communication from one generation to the next. Sub-Culture is group within or smaller than a cultural group which has people of different ethnic background
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trained in riding and fighting at an early age. Similar to Alexander‚ Hephaestion must’ve contemplated his role to play in the expanding world that Philip was creating. Steven Pressfield portrays Hephaestion’s adolescent contemplation in his book “The Virtues of War”‚ when Hephaestion is training with Alexander and others. In this quotation‚ the group of friends comprising of Alexander‚ Hephaestion and other soon to be warriors becomes too lackadaisical‚ Hephaestion: “That way is Persia‚ my numbskull friends
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Mainly a Form of Cultural Defence (33) An ethnic minority is a group of individuals whose nationality and cultural traditions differ from that of the majority population in a society. Compared to Britain’s main population‚ ethnic groups have been identified to be more religious. The use of religion of these ethnic minorities has been debated‚ with some sociologists arguing that it serves the purpose of cultural defence whereas others argues that it has a different function. cultural defence refers
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operations of a business because that culture generates practices based on its environment. To clarify‚ how a business sets its policies is based on cultural exceptions‚ like politics‚ points of view‚ whatever is considered the “norm” for that environment. In many cultures‚ it is also safe to assume that women do not have the same pull as a man in charge. An example of how women are belittled can be women in Middle Eastern countries that are forced to wear veils to cover their faces and walk behind their
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12400 Yizhou Hu Luck‚ Virtue and Happiness The idea that non-virtuous people is possible to be better off than virtuous people like Priam seems to acknowledge that happiness is ultimately determined by luck. Indeed‚ by emphasizing that certain amount of fortune is necessary to happiness‚ Aristotle focuses on the relationship between luck‚ virtue‚ blessedness and happiness in Chapter 8 of Book 1. In the end‚ he takes a more intermediate stand toward fortune‚ claiming that virtue is the determinant of
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present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate groups (or minority groups) and how it ties into labeling. In spite of the generalization of minority groups there are other sub-groups within a minority group. For example‚ although there are Columbians‚ Puerto
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Everyone has different character traits‚ some that can be seen as virtues. Even the most unpleasant person has virtues; however‚ they may be a victim to those virtues. In Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart‚ he writes about a man named Okonkwo who has many virtues‚ yet he is seen as a victim to them. His virtues can be seen as the cause of his downfall. Three virtues that Okonkwo is a victim to are strength‚ masculinity‚ and determination. Okonkwo is a very strong man. His strength is both
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Cultural Differences of Brazilian and American Business Practices If one were to take a business trip to a foreign county such as Brazil‚ there are many cultural differences that the traveler should be aware of before arriving. By being aware of the cultural differences of the audience‚ the speaker can save themselves the embarrassment of having to apologize for a lack of knowledge about the way of life in this new country. There are a few key points that should be made aware of in
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