Gensler’s reasoning against cultural relativism(CR) is that the existence of so many subgroups makes it impossible to be correct. The fact that so many subcultures have so many varying morals means that nothing in thought can be morally wrong and therefore nothing is objective. Gensler uses the example “My Nazi society approves of racism‚ so racism is good” ( page 187) this shows the effectivity of this ethical theory. Gensler’s reasoning is supported by Enochs “Why I Am an Objectivist about Ethics
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PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Richard Moyer July 7‚ 2014 Even though living in pain can be a physical and emotional toll on a person’s life‚ no one can judge or comment on it without knowing how it feels‚ but choosing to end your life for this cause is ethically wrong. A person should not be able to choose between life and death like it is something normal that we do every day. Dying is not the answer to a person’s problems‚ pains‚ or sufferings. Now a day technology and medicine are highly
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the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are related to the social norms and culture that one comes from. In other words‚ right and wrong or good and bad are culture-specific‚ meaning that what is reflected moral in one society may be reflected immoral in another. Therefore‚ since no collective standard of morality subsists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs or to hold one society as better than the other. Ethical relativism is closely related to cultural relativism in
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Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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“This is hard. Harder than I expected‚ even with your help. But I have been practicing‚ and my preparations go well. I am coming to save your friend’s life‚ and my own.” This is a quote from the first note Miranda receives from the anonymous person in the book When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. A 12 year old girl named Miranda lives in New York City in the 1970’s. She gets notes from an anonymous person who can predict the future. The notes ask her to cooperate to the directions given in order
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OUTSIDER The story I am going to tell you is about my experience when I felt like an outsider. Being isolated from others can be difficult and frustrated. Sometimes people would treat you different because you are not the same as them. In life‚ there is a point where someone would feel like an outsider. Getting used to the isolation feeling can take a while‚ but you can overcome it by getting involves. You may feel like an outsider at the beginning but then later on things will eventually change
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listening to music when an unfamiliar car pulls into the driveway‚ the girl doesn’t seem to think of any danger that might arise from the car. Any aware person would lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment
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Soraya Palmer Connecticut College‚ Class of 2007 Evaluate a significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you Finding Truths In my life‚ I have taken many journeys without which I would not have experienced important truths. My father started us off early‚ taking us on many journeys to help us understand that true knowledge comes only from experience. We took trips every winter break to Madrid‚ Mexico‚ Costa Rica‚ and to Jamaica
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Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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emergence of new middle class. During this time‚ public interest in human characters grew and this led to the popularity of autobiographies‚ biographies‚ journals‚ diaries and memoirs. Novelists showed interest in the newly emerged complex middle-class characters who were struggling with their morality and social issues. Tom Jones‚ a foundling was written by Henry Fielding during this time and focused on the social structure that prevailed in England during that time. The first half of the 19th century
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